Katerina - Galina Vishnevskaya Sergei - Artem Inotemstev (sung by V. Tretyak) Zinovy - Nikolai Boyarsky (sung by V. Radziyevsky) Boris - Alexander Sokolov (sung by A. Vedernikov) Shabby Peasant - Roman Tkachuk (sung by S. Strezhnev) Sonetka - Tatyana Gavrilova (sung by V. Reka) Chorus and Orchestra of the Shevchenko Opera and Ballet Theatre, Kiev/ Konstantin Simeonov. A Lenfilm Production. Directed by Mikhail Shapiro. Libretto and screenplay by the composer after the short story Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Nikolai Leskov. Mikhail Shapiro"s classic 1966 film marked the official acceptance of Shostakovich"s operatic masterpiece Katerina Izmailova (the composer"s reworking of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, which had incurred Stalin"s displeasure and put Shostakovich"s life at risk). Featuring a newly restored print and available for the first time outside Russia, this widescreen presentation of Shostakovich"s "dark...