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 ...

State Opera South Australia has today announced that it will present Giuseppe Verdi's adaptation of Shakespeare's classic Macbeth at Her Majesty's Theatre in September this year. This co-production ...

WEST BAY OPERA, a small company performing in a small theater, is unfailingly big on quality. “Macbeth” is not a huge audience draw anywhere, yet opera lovers are much poorer for not having ...

Verdi’s opera is not Shakespeare’s play set to music. It’s a different, but equally beautiful, tangle of colour and emotion, and its lead role is one I am still – after many years – getting to grips ...

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From the archive, 11 April 1847: The Observer reports from Florence where, at the Teatro della Pergola, Verdi’s opera Macbeth was premiered to an enthusiastic public The first representation of ...

MIDGETTE: Verdi has a magnificent dramatic sensibility, and he was also a very astute portrayer of women. Shakespeare was a touchstone for him, and Lady Macbeth is a particularly interesting figure.