Verdi was a fervent admirer of Shakespeare and was determined his "Macbeth" would have sufficient merit to justify his borrowing of the famous play for his opera. However, Bernard Uzan, stage director ...
Verdi's opera is every bit as dark and bloody as Shakespeare's drama on which it was based. It is true to the original play in most details of plot and character, yet it differs in significant ...
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Because of an overloaded schedule, I caught the final dress rehearsal of Opera Orlando’s “Macbeth” on Wednesday instead of attending opening night. And unlike Shakespeare’s “Weird Sisters,” I cannot ...
Macbeth is not a story of happiness. Success begets greed, violence escalates, and blood once shed demands more and more, even as guilt devours. All of these are greatly heightened in Verdi’s operatic ...
Anna Pinozzi as Lady Macbeth and Simon Keenlyside as Macbeth in Phyllida Lloyd’s production of Verdi’s ‘Macbeth’ (Clive Barda) The Royal Opera House has been sluggish and tentative in its emergence ...
General Director Plácido Domingo announced today that the company’s third season of annual live simulcasts will expand to two locations this year. On Oct. 13, LA Opera's new production of Giuseppe ...