Arnold Schalks, Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, Dmitri Shostakovich, Lady MacBeth van Mtsensk, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Lady Macbeth von Mzensk, Alexander Preis, David Prins, Gerhard Schmöhe, Claudio Büchler, Susanna von der Burg, Marwan Shamiyeh, Joachim Seipp, Dan Chamandy, Jennifer M. Chamandy, Dale Albright, Yury Shklyar, Isabel Seebacher, Sébastien Soules, Frederic Grager, Heinrich Wolf, Michael Lukave, Ronald Nelem, Stanislav Stambolov, Michael D. Zimmermann, Johann Kleinheinz, Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck, first scene

SCENE 1 - living room

Linocut (50 x 50 cm) displaying the four visual elements of the sofa and the drop.

Stage with sofa, panelling and printed drop, image size: 1050 x 665 cm.

Katerina Izmailova lives in a state of frustration with her dull, characterless husband, Zinovi, and her despotic father-in-law Boris who rules the estate with an iron hand and reproaches her for being childless after five years of marriage.

Zinovi is urged to set off for a short trip to repair a mill.

Boris forces Katerina to swear she will be faithful to him in the presence of the jeering workers, who are aware of the friction between the couple.

Aksinya, the cook, tells Katerina about a new worker, Sergei, who has been sacked from his previous job for seducing his employer's wife with his attractive physique and brazen manner.