Even though Dmitri Shostakovich wrote nine operas and operettas, his work in this form wasn’t given much attention until a few decades ago, when the often tough music of this 20th-century Russian composer began moving more and more into the mainstream.
His searing expressionist opera, “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,” which was banned in the Soviet Union for nearly 30 years, is now unequivocally part of the standard repertoire, and “The Nose” is getting ever-increasing attention.
