Macbeth

Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe

Librettist/Text Author: Piave, Francesco Maria

Librettist/Text Author: Maffei, Andrea

Conductor: Ferro, Gabriele

Orchestra: Palermo Teatro Massimo Orchestra

Chorus: Palermo Teatro Massimo Chorus

Apparizioni: Ciminna, Emanuela

Apparizioni: Quattrocchi, Federica

Apparizioni: Romeo, Riccardo

Araldo: Barbagallo, Antonio

Banco: Mimica, Marko

Dama di Lady Macbeth: Alfano, Federica

Domestico: Barbagallo, Antonio

Duncano: Cusumano, Francesco

Fleanzio: Lo Presti, Nunziatina

Lady Macbeth: Pirozzi, Anna

Macbeth: Frontali, Roberto

Macduff: Costanzo, Vincenzo

Malcolm: Pierattelli, Manuel

Medico: Ceriani, Nicolo

Sicario: Barbagallo, Antonio

Set Designer: Maringola, Carmine

Costume Designer: Sannino, Vanessa

Lighting Designer: Zucaro, Cristian

Choreographer: Lo Sicco, Manuela

Stage Director: Dante, Emma

Television Director: Ricchetti, Matteo

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Date of Production: 2018

Venue: Teatro Massimo, Palermo

Playing Time: 02:35:52

Catalogue Number: 2.110578

UPC: 747313557851

Synopsis

Macbeth

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Commissioned in 1846, Macbeth offered Verdi the opportunity to make a qualitative leap in his career and its premiere was triumphantly received by audiences. Yet the libretto had proved problematic and many Italian critics did not share the composer's reverence for Shakespeare. Verdi surmounted all concerns with an opera that valued brevity but also preserved the play's most important elements. The formidable final concertato stands as one of his greatest achievements thus far, his pacing and detailing of the opera as a whole far surpassing his previous works. This production preserves the preferred 1865 revision of the work, sung in Italian and retaining the original 1847 finale.