Verdi's opera is every bit as dark and bloody as Shakespeare's drama on which it was based. It is true to the original play in most details of plot and character, yet it differs in significant ...

WEST BAY OPERA, a small company performing in a small theater, is unfailingly big on quality. “Macbeth” is not a huge audience draw anywhere, yet opera lovers are much poorer for not having ...

Imaginative and powerfully delivered, the Washington National Opera’s Macbeth is the opera to drop everything and see. Verdi’s gorgeously dramatic distillation of Shakespeare’s tragedy is already ever ...

LEBANON, N.H. – “Oh howe are the myghtie ouerthrowen” (Old Testament, 2 Samuel 1:19, Great Bible, 1539) pretty much sums up the 11th century downward spiral found in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” Giussepe ...

On a dark and dreary night, a medieval Scottish king is stabbed to death in his sleep while a guest at the castle of one of his leading vassals. This act of regicide by his host, while fulfilling the ...

MONTREAL Verdi s Macbeth certainly isn t Shakespeare s Macbeth but the music is powerful and beautiful. The Opéra de Montréal has opened a production of Verdi s 1847 opera, with the Orchestre ...

Opera Colorado will present its 2026–27 Season featuring a mix of fully staged operas, concerts, touring productions, and ...