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 ...

Macbeth is an opera that involves prophesying. This implies a degree of inevitability concerning what unfolds, which makes it ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anna Pinozzi as Lady Macbeth and Simon Keenlyside as Macbeth in Phyllida Lloyd’s production of Verdi’s ‘Macbeth’ (Clive Barda) The ...

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 ...

2 Photos: Backstage at WAITRESS THE MUSICAL With the Original Australian Cast in Melbourne 3 Photos: SIX THE MUSICAL in Rehearsal Ahead of Melbourne Run Following the sell-out success of Wagner's epic ...

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 ...

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