Organization

The Grange Festival

Singer

Baritone

Gezim Myshketa

Macbeth

Soprano

Judith Howarth

Lady Macbeth

Bass

Jonathan Lemalu

Banquo

Tenor

Samuel Sakker

Macduff

Stage director

Maxine Braham

Conductor

Francesco Cilluffo

Lighting designer

Matt Haskins

Costume designer

Madeleine Boyd

Set designer

Andrés Presno

Malcolm

Mezzo-soprano

Katie Lowe

Lady-in-waiting

Choreographer

Timothy Dawkins

Doctor

Tiziano Martini

Assassin

Orchestra

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Italian

Northington-Alresford

United Kingdom

The Grange

Macbeth Verdi

Public

Approved

For Verdi, Shakespeare’s Macbeth was ‘one of mankind’s greatest creations’. His version of the play is full of threat and ferocity, an intense exploration of ruthless ambition in a world governed by superstition and violence. Lady Macbeth dominates. We are proud to welcome Judith Howarth to this most challenging Verdian role, which he required to be vocally “rough, hollow and stifled”. Also central is the chorus, who are both observers and protagonists, given some of Verdi’s most thrilling choral writing.

Director Maxine Braham and designer Madeleine Boyd create a new production for The Grange, conductor Francesco Cilluffo continues his Grange residency following riveting performances of Falstaff and Manon Lescaut. We welcome back Jonathan Lemalu as Banquo, The Grange Festival 2017 Singing Competition winner Samuel Sakker as Macduff and Albanian star Gezim Myshketa as Macbeth. Verdi wrote Macbeth in 1847 for the Teatro della Pergola in Florence. The theatre at The Grange is of similar proportions. To hear and watch Verdian operatic power up close and personal will be memorable.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

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