Verdi Macbeth opera to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Directed 2014 at the Met by Gregory Anthony Fortner and Gina Lapinski after Adrian Nobel. Stars Željko Lučić (Macbeth), Anna Netrebko (Lady Macbeth), René Pape (Banquo), Joseph Calleja (Macduff), Raymond Renault (Duncan), Noah Baetge (Malcolm), Claudia Waite (Lady-in-waiting), Christopher Job (Servant), Moritz Linn (Fleanzio), Richard Bernstein (Murderer), Seth Malkin (Herald), James Courtney (Doctor), David Crawford (Warrior Apparition), Ashley Emerson (Bloody Child Apparition), and Jihee Kim (Crowned Child Apparition). Fabio Luisi conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus (Donald Palumbo Chorus Master) and Ballet (Sue Lefton Choreographer). Stage band conducted by Jeffrey Goldberg. Sets and costumes by Mark Thompson; lighting by Jean Kalman. Directed for TV by Gary Halvorson; music producer Jay David Saks. Supervising Producers are Mia Bongiovanni and Elena Park; Producers are Louisa Briccetti and Victoria Warivonchik. Sung in Italian. Released 2015, disc has 5.0 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA live
This is the production where Anna Netrebko, age 43, leaves behind her lyric and bel canto soprano roles for the more mature dramatic soprano repertory. Anthony Tommasini (New York Times) wrote a glowing review of this show in September 2014 in which he heaps up praise of Netrebko for her performance as Lady Macbeth.
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