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When Stalin stormed out of an early performance of Shostakovich's earthy and often violent opera, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, the composer feared he would be arrested and killed. Tom Service discusses Solomon Volkov 's new account of the relationship between composer and dictator, and meets the director of the new production of the opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Producer Paul Frankl

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Solomon Volkov
Producer:
Paul Frankl
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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