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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SEATTLE – Seattle Opera’s new production of Verdi’s “Macbeth,” which debuted Saturday night, is as complex and intricate as Shakespeare’s blood-soaked tragedy of lust for power, betrayal and revenge ...

LEBANON, N.H. – “Oh howe are the myghtie ouerthrowen” (Old Testament, 2 Samuel 1:19, Great Bible, 1539) pretty much sums up the 11th century downward spiral found in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” Giussepe ...

The Metropolitan Opera has revealed its 2026–27 season, featuring five new and 12 repertory productions, a special ...

Macbeth is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and additions by Andrea Maffei, based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Written for ...

The Atlanta Opera’s staging of Verdi’s “Macbeth” is a riveting work of operatic theater, magnificently sung and vividly acted. This new production, which presents its remaining performances Friday and ...

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 ...

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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 ...