Premiered on November 19, 2004.

Sung in Russian.
Presented with one interval.
Running time: 3 hours 25 minutes.

Supported by OAO Severstal

Libretto by Dmitry Shostakovich and Alexander Preis after the story of the same name by Nikolai Leskov

Music Director: Zoltan Pesko
Stage Director: Temur Chkheidze
Set Designer: Yury Gegeshidze
Costume Designer: Elena Zaytseva
Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich
Chorus Master: Valery Borisov

Tatiana Anisimova as Katerina.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Tatiana Smirnova as Katerina.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Marat Galiakhmetov (Gali) as Zinovy Borisovich
in a scene from Act I.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Valery Gilmanov as Boris Timofeyevich
Maxim Paster as Zinovy Borisovich.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Tatiana Smirnova as Katerina
Irina Udalova as Aksinya.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Irina Udalova as Aksinya
in a scene from Act I.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Nikolai Mayboroda as Shabby Peasant
Roman Muravitsky as Sergei
Tatiana Smirnova as Katerina.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Alexander Naumenko as Boris Timofeyevich.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Vadim Zaplechny as Sergei
Tatiana Anisimova as Katerina.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Roman Muravitsky as Sergei
Tatiana Smirnova as Katerina.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Valery Gilmanov as Boris Timofeyevich.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Roman Muravitsky as Sergei
Tatiana Smirnova as Katerina.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
A scene from Act III.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Roman Muravitsky as Sergei
Tatiana Smirnova as Katerina.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
A scene from Act III.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Vadim Zaplechny as Sergei
Tatiana Anisimova as Katerina.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Tatiana Smirnova as Katerina
Yekaterina Vasilenko as Woman convict.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Svetlana Shilova as Sonyetka
Tatiana Smirnova as Katerina
Roman Muravitsky as Sergei.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Leonid Zimnenko as Old Convict
Tatiana Anisimova as Katerina.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.