Apr
25

Matt Boehler

Drebednev

Moscow, Cheryomushki

Chicago Opera Theater

Chicago, IL

Matt Boehler: Drebednev

Cheryomushki was a subsidized public housing complex in southwest Moscow during the 1950s. Shostakovich is taking a political poke at the chronic housing shortages of the day, with libretto help from two of the leading Soviet humorists at the time – Vladimir Mass and Mikhail Chervinsky. Recently revived in Europe to blockbuster success, Chicago Opera Theater brings its own unique twist to this musical comedy. Renowned Shostakovich scholar Gerard McBurney scores the music for chamber orchestra to capture the operetta’s lighter mood.  Tickets & Information.