Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth - Salzburger Festspiele 2023
After a victorious battle, three witches predict that Macbeth, who commands King Duncan's army, will ascend the throne of Scotland. Urged on by his wife to force fate, he takes advantage of the monarch's stay in their castle to murder him... The daring Krzysztof Warlikowski revisits Verdi's most powerful Shakespearean opera, with baritone Vladislav Sulimsky and soprano Asmik Grigorian in the roles of the murderous spouses.
Storyline
After a victorious battle, three witches predict that Macbeth, who commands King Duncan's army, will ascend the throne of Scotland. Urged on by his wife to force fate, he takes advantage of the monarch's stay in their castle to murder him... The daring Krzysztof Warlikowski revisits Verdi's most powerful Shakespearean opera, with baritone Vladislav Sulimsky and soprano Asmik Grigorian in the roles of the murderous spouses.
Asmik Grigorian
Lady Macbeth
Vladislav Sulimsky
Macbeth
Tareq Nazmi
Namco
Caterina Piva
Lady Macbeth's chambermaid
Jonathan Tetelman
Macduff
Evan LeRoy Johnson
Malcolm
Aleksei Kulagin
Doctor
Grisha Martirosyan
Macbeth's servant
Hovhannes Karapetyan
Assassin
Philippe Jordan
Self - Conductor
Jörn Hinnerk Andresen
Self - Choir director
Annette Gerlach
Self - Host
Teresa Vogl
Self - Host