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The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth (2008)

ALL 04/13/2008 (it) Drama, Music 157 Min
  • Release
    04/13/2008
  • Production
    The Metropolitan Opera, EMI
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  • Original title
    The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth
  • Original language
    it
  • Production Cost
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Overview

Verdi’s admiration for Shakespeare led to such masterpieces as Othello and Falstaff, and if the earlier Macbeth isn’t on their exalted level it’s still a powerfully dramatic opera that hews closely to the original’s story line. The MET’s production retains the dark aura of the opera while updating it to a vaguely post-modern context. So the witches are bag ladies in various stages of decrepitude, with children in tow. The Banquet Scene features lowered chandeliers, a plethora of chairs, and a slew of extras dressed in tuxedos and party gowns. Macbeth sports a leather coat, the soldiers are in drab brown uniforms and seem to have fingers on their triggers even when they’re supposed to be in non-threatening situations. Director Adrian Noble also has Lady Macbeth do an inordinate amount of writhing around and singing from a lying-down position, adding to the feeling that a less interventionist directorial hand might have generated more impact.

  1. Gary Halvorson

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor



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  1. Željko Lučić

    Macbeth

  2. John Relyea

    Banquo

  3. Maria Guleghina

    Lady Macbeth

  4. Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs

    Lady-in-waiting to Lady Macbeth

  5. Dimitri Pittas

    McDuff, Thane of Fife

  6. Mary Jo Heath

    Self - Special Guest Interviewer

  7. Richard Hobson

    A Servant of Macbeth

  8. Raymond Renault

    Duncan, King of Scotland

  9. Russell Thomas

    Malcolm, Duncan's Son

  10. Adam Hauser Piñero

    Fleance, Banquo's Son

  11. Keith Miller

    A Murderer

  12. David Crawford

    A Warrior

  13. Ashley Emerson

    A Bloody Child

  14. Anne-Carolyn Bird

    A Crowned Child

  15. James Courtney

    A Doctor

  16. Joseph Turi

    A Herald

  17. MET Orchestra

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Casts : 17 , Crews : 25

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The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth (2008) 157 Min

ALL 04/13/2008 (it)
Drama, Music
  • Release 04/13/2008
  • Production
    The Metropolitan Opera, EMI
  • Original title The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth
  • it
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Verdi’s admiration for Shakespeare led to such masterpieces as Othello and Falstaff, and if the earlier Macbeth isn’t on their exalted level it’s still a powerfully dramatic opera that hews closely to the original’s story line. The MET’s production retains the dark aura of the opera while updating it to a vaguely post-modern context. So the witches are bag ladies in various stages of decrepitude, with children in tow. The Banquet Scene features lowered chandeliers, a plethora of chairs, and a slew of extras dressed in tuxedos and party gowns. Macbeth sports a leather coat, the soldiers are in drab brown uniforms and seem to have fingers on their triggers even when they’re supposed to be in non-threatening situations. Director Adrian Noble also has Lady Macbeth do an inordinate amount of writhing around and singing from a lying-down position, adding to the feeling that a less interventionist directorial hand might have generated more impact.

  1. Gary Halvorson

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Louisa Briccetti, Victoria Warivonchik

    Producer



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