
Henry Fuseli, The Three Witches Appearing to Macbeth and Banquo, 1794
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Giuseppe Verdi, Macbeth
★★★★☆
Turin, Teatro Regio, 21 June 2017
Macbeth in the deep south in Emma Dante’s staging
Macbeth is Giuseppe Verdi’s tenth work and his first staging of a Shakespeare’s play. It is also his first true masterpiece where the musical colour is innovative and becomes drama itself. The opera was not appreciated by the Florentine audience in 1847. It was only a tepid success, and in 1865 the author revised his creature for Paris…
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