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Tag Archives: Macbeth
Macbeth, Thane of Wall Street: Lyon’s Verdi Festival launches with “the Scottish opera”
Verdi: Macbeth *** Opéra de Lyon, 16th March 2018 Forget 11th-century Scotland. Ivo van Hove views Macbeth as an exploration of what people will do for power. With the world of finance dominating politics today, he sets Verdi’s opera in a Wall Street skyscraper … Continue reading
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Tagged Arseny Yakovlev, Daniele Rustioni, Elchin Azizov, Ivo van Hove, Macbeth, Opéra de Lyon, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Susanna Branchini, Verdi
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The Macbeths triumph at The Met: Netrebko and Lučić reign in New York
Verdi: Macbeth ***** Metropolitan Opera, 24th September 2014 On a triumphant opening night of Verdi’s Macbeth at the Metropolitan Opera, a smattering of boos resounded. The intended recipient? Adrian Noble, returning to direct this second revival of his 2007 staging. The reason? … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Noble, Anna Netrebko, Fabio Luisi, Joseph Calleja, Macbeth, Metropolitan Opera, René Pape, Verdi, Željko Lučić
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A whiff of greasepaint: Verdi crackling with theatricality from Chailly at La Scala
Viva Verdi! Filarmonica della Scala/ Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 3559) Riccardo Chailly conducts Verdi at La Scala all too infrequently. In the past decade, there has been a 2006 Rigoletto, followed by the Franco Zeffirelli production of Aida, where Roberto … Continue reading
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Tagged Aida, Alzira, Decca, Filarmonica della Scala, Giovanna d'Arco, I vespri siciliani, Il corsaro, Jérusalem, La forza del destino, La traviata, Macbeth, Nabucco, Riccardo Chailly, Verdi
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An unpalatable experience: Macbeth on Naxos
Verdi: Macbeth ** Naxos 8.660259-60 When the Ballet gets the longest applause of the night in a performance of Verdi’s Macbeth, you know you’re in trouble! So it proves on this release from Naxos of a live performance from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniele Callegari, Giuseppe Altomare, Macbeth, Naxos, Olha Zhuravel, Pavel Kudinov, Rubens Pelizzari, Verdi
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