The final rehearsal for Shostakovich’s masterpiece: The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District at the #BBCProms. With the English National Opera, BBC Singers, BBC Philharmonic and an incredible cast of international soloists, including Sir Willard White as heard here. Join us at the Royal Albert Hall tonight, or listen live on BBC Radio 3. 🎧 | BBC Proms

Shostakovich’s scandalous opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk returns to the Met for a rip-roaring run of performances starting TOMORROW at 8PM. In this clip from the final dress rehearsal, Katerina Ismailova, sung by Met debutant soprano Svetlana Sozdateleva, murders her tyrannical father-in-law Boris, sung by bass-baritone John Relyea, by serving him a plate of his favorite mushrooms with a secret, deadly ingredient: rat poison. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts. Opens TOMORROW: bit.ly/3y33WYh Videography b

You won’t want to miss Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, praised by The New York Times as “one of the Met’s most vivid shows.” Get your tickets today—there are only four more performances through October 21! In this scorching revival of Graham Vick’s production, Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts a stellar cast that features soprano Svetlana Sozdateleva, tenors Brandon Jovanovich and Nikolai Schukoff, and bass-baritone John Relyea. Learn more: bit.ly/3y33WYh Videography by Neville Braithwai