Giuseppe Verdi
Macbeth
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Production of the Teatro alla Scala
April
2008: 01 (20:00), 03 (20:00), 05 (20:00), 08 (20:00), 11 (20:00), 13 (20:00), 16 (20:00), 18 (20:00), 20 (20:00), 24 (20:00)
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Running Time: 3 hours 40 minutes
Verdi's explosive first meeting of with Shakespeare; a revolutionary title that the Italian opera genius reinvented with a new way of singing – dark, whispered, close to the recitative – to unleash the hysterical collapse of a ruler and show us the tragic destiny of his sordid Lady.
Conductor
Kazushi Ono
Staging
Graham Vick
Sets and Costumes
Maria Bjornson
Choreography
Ron Howell
Lights
Matthew Richardson
Characters
Cast
Macbeth
Leo Nucci (1, 5, 8, 13, 16, 20, 24 April)
Ivan Inverardi (3, 11, 18 aprile)
Ivan Inverardi (3, 11, 18 aprile)
Banco
Ildar Abdrazakov (1, 5, 8, 13, 16, 20, 24 April)
Luiz Ottavio Faria (3, 11, 18 April)
Luiz Ottavio Faria (3, 11, 18 April)
Lady Macbeth
Violeta Urmana (1, 5, 8, 13, 16, 20, 24 April)
Paoletta Marrocu (3, 11, 18 April)
Paoletta Marrocu (3, 11, 18 April)
Lady-in-waiting
Marcella Polidori
Macduff
Walter Fraccaro (1, 5, 8, 13, 16, 20, 24 April)
Jeong Won Lee (3, 11, 18 April)
Jeong Won Lee (3, 11, 18 April)
Malcolm
Alfredo Nigro (1, 5, 8, 13, 16, 20, 24 April)
Ki Hyun Kim (3, 11, 18 April)
Ki Hyun Kim (3, 11, 18 April)
Doctor
Jong Min Park
Servant
Ernesto Panariello
Assassin
Giancarlo Boldrini
Herald
Sergio Vitale
First apparition
Filippo Bettoschi
Second apparition
Elena Caccamo
Third apparition
Lucrezia Drei
