Overview
- The production features soprano Sara Jakubiak as Katerina, with Najmiddin Mavlyanov, Yevgeny Akimov and Alexander Roslavets in principal roles.
- Vasily Barkhatov directs a new staging developed with Chailly, with sets by Zinovy Margolin, costumes by Olga Shaishmelashvili and lighting by Alexander Sivaev.
- La Scala confirms a creative reinterpretation that relocates the action to a 1950s urban setting, highlighting satirical and swing-inflected elements.
- The opening performance at 18:00 will be projected in over thirty Milan locations, including the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele’s Ottagono, with live transmission on Rai 1 and via satellite.
- Framed as a recognition of a once-censored work denounced in 1936 under Stalin, the title anchors a week of outreach events across about forty venues, including cultural institutions and prisons.