Macbeth

This opera is a study in the psychopathology of everyday life. It exposes the kind of brutal manners familiar in naturalistic novels after the Goncourts and Zola, but Shostakovich had the misfortune of running afoul of the official Soviet position that criminality and pathology couldn't exist in the workers' paradise. Maria Ewing's strength isn't pure vocalism; anyone can find fault on technical grounds. But she is a passionate, involving actress with her voice, and she makes our anti-heroine chillingly desperate and driven–every moment is haunted. The supporting cast joins in with a broadly vicious portrayal of a spider's den passing for normal home life.

Hamish Macbeth est un policier fictif qui sert de " bobby '' de sa ville dans une série de romans mystères créés par M. C. Beaton (Marion Chesney). Les romans sont publiés au Royaume-Uni par Constable & Robinson et se déroulent dans les Highlands écossais, dans la ville fictive de Lochdubh. …

Hamish Macbeth est un policier fictif qui sert de " bobby '' de sa ville dans une série de romans mystères créés par M. C. Beaton (Marion Chesney). Les romans sont publiés au Royaume-Uni par Constable & Robinson et se déroulent dans les Highlands écossais, dans la ville fictive de Lochdubh. …

Fabio Luisi conducts the Metropolitan Opera in this production of Verdi's work, based on Shakespeare's tragic play. Zeljko Lucic stars in the title role with Anna Netrebko as his wife, Lady Macbeth. The cast also includes Joseph Calleja as Macduff and René Pape as Banquo. New York Observer stated: “.. a superstar cast … the most potent: Anna Netrebko's ferociously exciting star turn as Lady Macbeth … a "demented" performance, one so exciting it propels both artist and audience figuratively to the brink of madness.”