Verdi: Macbeth (ROH)

Verdi's lifelong love affair with Shakespeare first took wing with Macbeth in 1847. The composer thought the play 'one of the greatest creations of man' and, along with his librettist Piave, set out to make of it, 'something out of the ordinary' on the operatic stage. Musically, Verdi's masterstrokes were the macabre choruses for the witches, the evocative orchestral colours and the increased role for the 'ugly and evil' Lady Macbeth. Phyllida Lloyd's production, last presented by The Royal Opera in 2006, uses Verdi's 1865 revision, especially noted for Lady Macbeth's great aria 'La luce langue' and the wonderful Act IV opening chorus, and brings out the dark motivations of the Macbeths and the light of justice for those they wrong.
Simon Keenlyside and Liudmyla Monastryrska play the Scottish nobleman and his villainously ambitious wife, who spurs her husband to murder for the sake of his career, and American bass-baritone Raymond Aceto takes the role of Banquo, murder victim and symbol of conscience.

Cast
Macbeth: Simon Keenlyside
Banquo: Raymond Aceto
Lady Macbeth: Liudmyla Monastryrska
Servant: Chorister
Malcolm: Steven Ebel
Lady: Elisabeth Meister
Macduff: Dmitri Pittas

Credits
Royal Opera Chorus
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Music: Giuseppe Verdi

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• Macbeth
• Cinema
• June
• Verdi
• Shakespeare
• Simon Keenlyside
• Raymond Aceto
• Liudmyla Monastryrska
• Chorister
• Steven Ebel
• Elisabeth Meister
• Dmitri Pittas
• Royal Opera Chorus
• Antonio Pappano
• Phyllida Lloyd

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The music is thrilling.

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Pappano's new one!!!

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