Macbeth - Schedule, Program & Tickets

Language Italian

Surtitle Hungarian, English, Italian

Macbeth hears a prophecy from three strange witch-like figures that he will become king of Scotland. The news triggers a series of brutal thoughts and actions in him and even more so in his wife, Lady Macbeth. It was not by chance that Verdi chose this Shakespeare text as the basis of his opera: the title character goes through the hell of spiritual depth, doubts and ruthlessness, unearthly forces, dramatic murders, and psychic turmoil again and again. Situation and motifs that yearn for an opera stage and unfold to music. The production is staged by South-African Matthew Wild, who is widely recognized as a leading musical theatre director of his generation. In his production of Macbeth, a central role is given to the clash and interplay of cultures, and just as in the work itself, the earthly and the mystical–transcendental worlds intertwine in sharp contrast.

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