Shostakovich’s suitcase or Shostakovich through Walter Benjamin’s specs

While the Nazis were crumbling Leningrad to dust in 1941, Shostakovich at first refused orders to be evacuated, staying on to comple...

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District and Joan of the Stockyards: heroines for the humankind

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth  of the Mtsensk District  and Bertolt Brecht’s Joan of the Stockyar...