Organization

Dirigent

Dirigent (+1)

Bertrand de Billy

Regisseur

Regisseur (+1)

Harry Kupfer

Set designer

Set designer (+2)

Hans Schavernoch

Kostuum ontwerper

Yan Tax

Licht ontwerper

Licht ontwerper (+1)

Olaf Freese

Video

Thomas Reimer

Bariton (+2)

Luca Salsi

Macbeth

Bas (+3)

Ferruccio Furlanetto

Banco

Sopraan (+5)

Anna Netrebko

Lady Macbeth

Sopraan (+2)

Evelin Novak

Dama di Lady Macbeth

Tenor (+1)

Fabio Sartori

Macduff

Tenor (+3)

Andrés Moreno García

Malcolm

Bas (+2)

Friedrich Hamel

Medico

Bariton (+3)

Dionysios Avgerinos

Sicario

Third Apparition

State Opera Berlin

Orchestra

Staatskapelle Berlin

Chorus

Staatsopernchor Berlin

Staatsoper Unter den Linden

After winning in battle, Commander Macbeth receives a prophesy that he will one day become King of Scotland. Influenced by the whisperings of his wife, he literally stops at nothing to fulfil the prophesy. But racked by guilt, the Macbeths soon sink into delusions and become victims of their own thirst for power.


In order to stay as faithful as possible to the admired Shakespearean play, Giuseppe Verdi’s »Macbeth« shattered the operatic conventions of the time and created one of his darkest and most starkly disturbing works. Monumental choral scenes, echoing the rebellion and disillusionment of the dominated, oppressed and persecuted, demonstrate the social consequences of tyranny and despotism. These contrast with highly expressive arias and duets, in which Verdi transcends the emotional abysses of the power-obsessed protagonists. To express the many-layered motifs and emotions of his characters as diversely as possible, Verdi demanded unprecedented levels of performance from his actors: to enhance the dramatic effect, the vocal parts – instead of shining with virtuoso brilliance – are designed to emphasise aspects of language and acting and are mercilessly subjugated to the specific psychological state of the figures. He thus took a decisive step away from the ideal of the bel canto towards distinctive musical-dramatic veracity.

Italiaans

Berlijn

Duitsland

Macbeth Verdi

Staged

Opera

Duits

Engels

Spielzeit 2017/18 | Melodramma in vier AktenMusik by Giuseppe VerdiText by Francesco Maria Piave additions by Andrea Maffei according to »The Tragedy of Macb...

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