Opera Carolina’s upcoming run of the Verdi masterpiece “Macbeth” is packed with witches, paranoia and murder. And no dark detail was spared in the Italian-made costumes you’ll see in this new ...

No literary figure inspired composers more than Shakespeare, and Giuseppe Verdi was hardly tone deaf to the musical ...

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 ...

The other big idea here is the witches. Verdi expands Shakespeare’s three witches to a whole choir. Lloyd extends that idea further by having the witches behind the scenes at all times, delivering ...

Because of an overloaded schedule, I caught the final dress rehearsal of Opera Orlando’s “Macbeth” on Wednesday instead of attending opening night. And unlike Shakespeare’s “Weird Sisters,” I cannot ...

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 ...

2 Video: First Look at Michael Mayer-Directed LA TRAVIATA at The Metropolitan Opera 3 Video: First Look at THE CRUCIBLE at Washington National Opera This co-production with West Australian Opera, ...

Hundreds of opera professionals from around the world were in town over the past week to discuss the state of the art form and to see what Seattle Opera is up to, meaning its new production of Verdi's ...

Verdi’s Macbeth is faithful to the plot of Shakespeare’s play, with the added dimension of music sung in Italian. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Dramatically forceful and robustly performed, Syracuse Opera's production of Giuseppe Verdi's "Macbeth" carries the weight of centuries filled with greed and gore. It is the perfect season opener, ...