| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 4-Nov-2011 Citi Performing Arts Center, Shubert Theater | An ominous evening with Verdi's Macbeth at Boston Lyric Opera |
Imagine 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 |
As 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.Read full review... | |
| 24-May-2011 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Macbeth at the Royal Opera |
Ukranian 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.Read full review... | |