Alexander Preys Explained

Alexander Germanovich Preis (; 1905 - 1942) was a Soviet writer of numerous plays and libretti, including those for Shostakovich's operas The Nose and Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Gogol′'s "St Petersburg Stories" in the Hands of Russian Composers. McMILLIN, ARNOLD. 2003. New Zealand Slavonic Journal. 174. JSTOR.
2. 'The New Woman': Lady Macbeth and Sexual Politics in the Stalinist Era. Wells, Elizabeth A.. 2001. Cambridge Opera Journal. 13. 2. 179. JSTOR.