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About Macbeth

See 14 performances with Macbeth
Composed by: Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Year composed: 1847

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Date and venueTitle
4-Nov-2011
Citi Performing Arts Center, Shubert Theater
An ominous evening with Verdi's Macbeth at Boston Lyric Opera
Image credit: Erik Jacobs for Boston Lyric Opera © 2011Imagine a tattered red curtain, blocking the set but revealing several bodies, bound head to toe in grey, hanging from the ceiling by their feet. It looks like the home of a malevolent, human spider - its prey a silent presence overhead. This is the opening of Verdi's Macbeth, at Boston Lyric Opera.
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20-Sep-2011
Sydney Opera House: Opera Theatre
Verdi's early Shakespearian drama
Image credit: Peter Coleman-Wright and Elizabeth Whitehouse © Branco GaicaAs the curtain rises at the beginning of Act I, we are greeted with violent flashes of light, rocks strewn across the stage and the witches almost slithering among the rocks, as they make their prophecies to Macbeth that he will eventually become King, prompting him and Lady Macbeth in their murderous, Machiavellian pursuit of power.
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24-May-2011
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Macbeth at the Royal Opera
Image credit: Simon Keenlyside as Macbeth and Liudmyla Monastyrska as Lady Macbeth get down to some plotting © 2011 The Royal Opera / Clive BardaUkranian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska made a sensational Royal Opera debut earlier this season, as a late substitute for the title role of Aida. In the revival of Phyllida Lloyd's production of Verdi's Macbeth, she produced an equally commanding performance.
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