“Something wicked this way comes …” to Steinmetz Hall as Opera Orlando presents its first MainStage production of the 2024-25 Destiny + Desire season, Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth, October 25 at 7:30 p.m.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
It can be interesting to re-visit a production that you’ve seen before, let alone one you’ve actually put pen to paper about. Phyllida Lloyd’s production of Macbeth was last seen in 2006 and my review ...
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 ...
Atlanta Opera will present the Italian composer’s adaption, emphasizing revolution, at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center from March 1-9. Atlanta Opera's production of "Macbeth," March 1-9 at Cobb ...
You get only one chance to make a first impression, and the first sight of Boston Lyric Opera’s recent “Macbeth” was a head-scratcher. The curtain rose to reveal a full stage, the BLO chorus dressed ...
Giuseppe Verdi wrote three operas based on Shakespearean themes. Two of them, “Otello” and “Falstaff,” are undisputed masterpieces, composed at the end of his career. “Macbeth,” which came much ...
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 ...
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