Verdi Macbeth opera to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Directed 2016 by Darko Tresnjak at the LA Opera House. Stars Plácido Domingo (Macbeth), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Lady Macbeth), Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (Banquo), Joshua Guerrero (Macduff), Joshua Wheeker (Malcolm), Summer Hassan (Lady-in-Waiting), Theo Hoffmann (Doctor/ First Apparition), Liv Redpath (Second Apparition), Isaiah Morgan (Third Apparition), Reid Bruton (Servant), and James Martin Schaefer (Assassin). James Conlon conducts LA Opera Orchestra and Choir (Chorus Director Grant Gershon). Scenic design by Darko Tresnjak and Colin McGurk; costume design by Suttirat Anne Larlarb; lighting design by Matthew Richards; projection design by Sean Nieuwenhuis; fight director by Steve Rankin; climbing consultant was Daniel Lyons. Directed for TV by Matthew Diamond; Screen Producers Anthea Bhargava and Eric White; Executive Producers Christopher Koelsch and Rupert Hemmings. Sung in Italian. Released 2017, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA
Mike Ashman contemplates this production (2017 Awards Gramophone at page 123) about the same as Lady Macbeth contemplates that spot on her hand. Mike says this title is "really only recommendable for Semenchuk and those collecting everything Domingo has done."
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