Long Beach Opera brings Shakespeare's drama to San Pedro Harbor. By Myron Meisel Macbeth Opera Still - P 2013 Inevitably this Macbeth was fated to be overshadowed by Verdi’s, though is that not a risk ...

This is a fast production. The four acts whizz past with disconcerting speed, starting with Shakespeare’s cackling witches disposing of Lady Macbeth’s miscarried child. It’s a queasy, uncomfortable ...

The company and Chorus of “Macbeth” by Lyric Opera of Chicago. Christian Van Horn as Banquo in “Macbeth” by Lyric Opera of Chicago. Sondra Radvanovsky as Lady Macbeth and the company of “Macbeth” by ...

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Few tales of ambition and evil are as enduring as William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” and combined with the artistic power and opulence of opera, “the Scottish play” is a timeless and thrilling story. LA ...

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 ...

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 ...

Northern Ireland Opera's production of Verdi's Macbeth at the Grand Opera House in Belfast has many virtues but it lacks heart and soul Macbeth, Northern Ireland Opera: Bruno Caproni as Macbeth has a ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Brisbane Festival. Followed categories will be added to My News. No opera buff would think of setting Verdi’s Macbeth in the Congo. Would they? Which is fine ...

As Macbeth’s fate begins to catch up with him, the king in Los Angeles Opera’s 31 st season opener cannot look forward to having earned honor, love or compassion. His voice rises into a stressed high ...

That comes from the dazzlingly gifted Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska, who stepped in at the last minute to make her premature Royal Opera debut as an all-encompassing Aida earlier this year ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In writing Macbeth, his first Shakespearean opera, Verdi was determined to deliver “something out of the ordinary”.