MACBETH Verdi – Deutsche Oper am Rhein

MACBETH Verdi – Deutsche Oper am Rhein

After a victorious battle, the witches predict a crown for the Scottish commander Macbeth. In response to the witches’ prophecies, Macbeth’s thirst for power is fuelled dangerously by his wife and they decide to murder their king Duncan in his sleep. With this act of blood, they unleash an unprecedented spiral of violence that will lead them straight into the abyss.

Macbeth is one of William Shakespeare’s most demonic works. In order to capture the supernatural atmosphere of the original play, the ardent Shakespeare admirer Giuseppe Verdi composed closely to the text and boldly experimented with new timbres. In a remarkable stage design by Henrik Ahr, which resembles a huge cauldron, Michael Thalheimer focuses his production on Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and the witches. Verdi specialist Antonino Fogliani conducts a stellar production, in which the opulent choruses repeatedly provide musical highlights.

Streamed on OperaVision on 30 September 2022 at 19:00 CET and available until 30 March 2023:
https://operavision.eu/performance/macbeth-0

CAST

Macbeth
Hrólfur Sæmundsson

Lady Macbeth
Ewa Płonka

Banco
Bogdan Taloș

Macduff
Eduardo Aladrén

Malcolm
David Fischer

Macbeth’s servant, Doctor, Assassin, Apparition
Valentin Ruckebier

Lady Macbeth’s lady-in-waiting
Mara Guseynova

Apparitions
Josefine Nagerski
Marie-Sophie Tétard

Witch
Birte Hopstein

Fleanzio
Marie-Sophie Tétard

King Duncan
Norbert Kaulhausen

Chorus
Deutsche Oper am Rhein Chorus

Children Chorus
Akademie für Chor und Musiktheater e.V.

Orchestra
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker

Music
Giuseppe Verdi

Text
Francesco Maria Piave

Conductor
Antonino Fogliani

Director
Michael Thalheimer

Lighting
Stefan Bolliger

Chorus Master
Gerhard Michalski

Sets
Henrik Ahr

Costumes
Michaela Barth

Dramaturg
Bettina Auer
Anna Grundmeier

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