opera notebook
some operas I have seen on videoGiuseppe Verdi, Macbeth (1847)
libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, 2022
Hrólfur Sæmundsson and Ewa Płonka
- Conductor: Antonino Fogliani
- Director: Michael Thalheimer
- Set Designer: Henrik Ahr
- Macbeth: Hrólfur Sæmundsson
- Lady Macbeth: Ewa Płonka
- Banquo: Bogdan Taloş
The ingenious set by Henrik Ahr has Macbeth and his Lady keep trying to clamber out of the sink of evil they have perpetrated, but always sliding back down.