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.

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Cast

Thomas Hampson

Macbeth

Paoletta Marrocu

Lady Macbeth

Roberto Scandiuzzi

Banquo

Luis Lima

Macduff

Liuba Chuchrova

Dame Lady Macbeth

Miroslav Christoff

Malcolm

Franz Welser-Möst

Conductor