Organization

Conductor

Josep Pons

Chorus master

Pablo Assante

Set designer

Jaume Plensa

Costume designer

Choreographer

Antonio Ruz

Lighting designer

Urs Schönebaum

Singer

Baritone

Luca Salsi

Macbeth

Bass

Erwin Schrott

Banquo

Simón Orfila

Soprano

Sondra Radvanovsky

Lady Macbeth

Mezzo-soprano

Gemma Coma-Alabert

Lady-in-waiting

Tenor

Francesco Pio Galasso

Macduff

Celso Albelo

Fabián Lara

Malcolm

David Lagares

Harold

Doctor

Assassin

A Servant of Macbeth

Željko Lučić

Alexandrina Pendatchanska

Assistant Set designer

Marc Salicrú

Assistant Costume designer

Nadia Balada

Stage director

Ekaterina Semenchuk

Gran Teatre del Liceu

Others

Cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Orchestra

Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu

Barcelona

Spain

Public

Private

Approved

Celso Albelo as Macduff in Verdi's "Macbeth"

"Sleepers and the dead are paintings only: only children are afraid of the drawn demon."
William Shakespeare ( Macbeth , Act II, Scene II)

The love story between Verdi and Shakespeare began with Macbeth , a play considered "one of the best creations in the hand of man." Verdi felt devotion to Shakespeare's play, and this was the first opera on which it was based. From the tragedy, he wanted to achieve "something extraordinary." For Jaume Plensa, occupying Verdi-Shakespeare's Macbeth has been a dream of his youth. When Gerard Mortier asked Salzburg what title he wanted to pursue, he did not hesitate. He must have waited 25 years to make his dream a reality.

The witches prophesy that Macbeth will be the next king of Scotland, and Lady Macbeth pushes fate by assassinating the current king. The witches' predictions lead Macbeth to be bloodthirsty with friends and rivals, until he is alone and furious in the last battle, in which he ends up dying. A duet of dramatic intensity and vocal authority (Luca Salsi / Carlos Alvarez and Sondra Radvanovsky / Anna Pirozzi) to defend the lead roles of the honest general pushed to murder and deceived by the unbridled ambition of his wife .

One of the most fascinating phrases of the whole play - "Sleep no more" - tells us that, with the murder, Macbeth not only killed someone, but also ended up with the possibility of sleeping peacefully for the rest of his life. life. Words that have plagued Jaume Plensa since childhood. The powerful aesthetic and ritual presence of Jaume Plensa, where he will set in motion his entire iconographic universe, is the ideal setting for this dark, theatrical drama full of demonic energy, which will be masterfully directed by the master Josep Pons.

English

Macbeth by Verdi, From (2023/2023), Directed by Jaume Plensa,, Conductor Josep Pons, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain

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