Macbeth

Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe

Librettist/Text Author: Piave, Francesco Maria

Librettist/Text Author: Maffei, Andrea

Libretto Source: Shakespeare, William

Conductor: Currentzis, Teodor

Orchestra: Paris Opera Orchestra

Chorus: Paris Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Di Stefano, Alessandro

Chorus: Maitrise des Hauts-de-Seine

Chorus Master: Di Stefano, Alessandro

Banco: Furlanetto, Ferruccio

Dama di Lady Macbeth: Singleton, Letitia

Domestico: Kissin, Yuri

Lady Macbeth: Urmana, Violeta

Macbeth: Tiliakos, Dimitris

Macduff: Secco, Stefano

Malcolm: Nigro, Alfredo

Medico: Kissin, Yuri

Set Designer: Tcherniakov, Dmitri

Costume Designer: Tcherniakov, Dmitri

Costume Designer: Zaytseva, Elena

Lighting Designer: Filshtinsky, Gleb

Stage Director: Tcherniakov, Dmitri

Television Director: Sommer, Andy

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Venue: Opera Bastille, Paris

Playing Time: 03:16:39

Catalogue Number: BAC054

UPC: 3760115300545

Synopsis

Macbeth

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Coproduced with Siberia's Novosibirsk Opera, this new Macbeth uses cutting-edge multimedia technology to give the viewer a fresh perspective on the work. Google Earth satellite images plunge us into the heart of the action: a gloomy square surrounded by soulless buildings, and the interior of an aristocratic residence. Witches are no more a part of Tcherniakov's Macbeth that the duel was of Onegin, but once again the atmosphere is one of brooding claustrophobia.

Tcherniakov has chosen a great cast, beginning with the marvellous Lithuanian soprano Violeta Urmana as Lady Macbeth. Greek baritone Dimitris Tiliakos is a powerful presence as Macbeth, while the Italians Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) and Stefano Secco (tenor) are sumptuous as, respectively, Banquo and Macduff.

In this, his second production at the Paris Opera, Teodor Currentzis, music director of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre conducts with verve and a splendid theatrical sense.