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In the late 1840s, after enjoying success with most of his first nine operas, Giuseppe Verdi hit upon the idea of adapting some of Shakespeare’s best-known plays as operas. He enlisted the aid of one ...
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 ...
Palm Beach Opera presents Macbeth, featuring the dynamic musical direction of David Stern, who has been appointed Music Director through the 2026-2027 season. Stern, acclaimed for his leadership and ...
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 ...
Giuseppe Verdi called the opera his “best beloved child,” but audiences have consistently agreed with George Bernard Shaw, who sneered that Verdi tried to turn Shakespeare’s tragedy into another ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook The company started its season performing “Medea,” “Idomeneo” and “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,” three of opera’s most distinctive ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” by Dmitri Shostakovich, a tale of love and betrayal once banned in Soviet Russia, is returning to the Metropolitan Opera. By ...