Alexander Germanovich Preis (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ге́рманович Прейс; 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]
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- ^ Wells, Elizabeth A. (2001). "'The New Woman': Lady Macbeth and Sexual Politics in the Stalinist Era". Cambridge Opera Journal. 13 (2): 179 – via JSTOR.