Macbeth
📜 Overview: This hard-edged postmodern production of Giuseppe Verdi's haunting masterpiece brings the story of Shakespeare's bloody tragedy to vivid life, characterized by spine-tingling atmospherics and a triumphant debut by American baritone Thomas Hampson in the title role. This Zurich Opera House production also features a mesmerizing turn by Paoletta Marrocu as the beautiful, power-hungry Lady Macbeth, while striking sets and costumes further enhance the duality of the main character whose rise and fall mirror the darkest impulses of man. Replete with supernatural mystery, sexual tension, and violent power plays, this timeless story remains gripping and chilling for today's audiences and boasts some of the most astonishing music of Verdi's legendary body of work.
🌏 Languages Available: Italian
📆 Date Released: 2001-01-01
⌚ Running Time: 139 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 2.0

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Thomas Hampson original image
Macbeth
Thomas Hampson
Paoletta Marrocu original image
Lady Macbeth
Paoletta Marrocu
Roberto Scandiuzzi original image
Banquo
Roberto Scandiuzzi
Luis Lima original image
Macduff
Luis Lima
Liuba Chuchrova original image
Dame Lady Macbeth
Liuba Chuchrova
Miroslav Christoff original image
Malcolm
Miroslav Christoff
Franz Welser-Möst original image
Conductor
Franz Welser-Möst

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