Robert Chandler - Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

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Robert Chandler - Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

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Jul 15, 2004

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Robert Chandler reads from his newly-published translation of Nikolay Leskov's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk on which the libretto of Shostakovich's opera is based. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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