Macbeth

 

Verdi Macbeth opera to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Directed 2006 by Liliana Cavani at the Teatro Regio di Parma Verdi Festival. Stars Leo Nucci (Macbeth), Enrico Iori (Banco), Sylvie Valayre (Lady Macbeth), Roberto Iuliano (Macduff), Tiziana Tramonti (Dame di Lady Macbeth), Nicola Pascoli (Malcolm), Enrico Turco (Il Medico), Davide Ronzoni (L'Araldo), Riccardo di Stefano (Un Domestico) and Noris Borgogelli (Il Sicario or Assassin). Bruno Bartoletti conducts the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma (Chorus Master Martino Faggiani). Sets by Dante Ferretti; costumes by Alberto Verso; lighting by Sergio Rossi; choreography by Amedeo Amodio. Directed for TV by Andrea Bevilacqua. Sung in Italian. Released 2012, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA

This was recorded in 2006, which makes it pretty old from our perspective. So the question is whether there is enough quality in the recording to benefit from Blu-ray.  Here's an interesting YT clip from the Tutto Verdi Project that's worth while even though it's not in HD:

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