Macbeth

"So there's a lot to enjoy here, but I still felt a little disappointed at how much better this performance really should have been. With stronger casting and the tweaking of a few scenes, this could well have been a top contender".

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"Claude d'Anna skabte i 1982 en spændende film til Verdis Macbeth, en mørk og uheldsvanger fortolkning i flotte optagelser. Vi er i 1000-tallet i Skotland. Heksene er nærmest frygtindgydende. Personinstruktionen har meget at byde på. Leo Nucci er også fremragende som Macbeth i spillet med og mod Shirley Verrett s formidable lady".

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"Verdis Macbeth er i Adrian Nobles spændende, moderat moderne opsætning ... Zeljko Lucic og den fremragende Maria Guleghina er ægteparret Macbeth og John Relya Banquo ... James Levine dirigerer ... varmt, fyldigt og dramatisk".

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"Stunning moments in what is otherwise a rather static event ... It's a dark score and Pappanos gives us the weight of the situations; he keeps the music moving and lets the double basses and brass have a wonderfully gloomy field day ... Macbeth, the superb singing Simon Keenlyside ... embodies the tormented character perfectly ... The rest of the cast, orchestra and chorus are absolutely first-rate".

"Keenlyside is ... heard here in perhaps his most succesful Verdi role so far ... and as always, his tone quality is a magnet for one's ear. Not so with Liudmyla Monastyrska's Lady Macbeth ... In the staging, Phyllida Lloyd isn't above stating the obvious. The Macbeth bed divides in two and the throne room becomes a cage ... Generally, though, the production is wonderfully atmospheric ... Conductor Antonio Pappano is the most important artistic catalyst here ... Together with Lloys production, operatic elements fuse with exceptional power".

"Bei ihrem ersten Erscheinen viel gerühmt und preisgekrönt, macht diese filmische Adaption von Verdis "Macbeth" heute einen leicht angestaubten Eindruck ... Samuel Ramey ... singt den Part des Banco kantabler und eleganter als gewohnt".

Vurdering (Szene): 2/5.

Vurdeing (Musik): 3/5.

"Vor allem wegen Anna Netrebko ... Sie glänzt als blondes Gattinnengift mit festen, gleissenden Tönen ... Zeljko Lucic ist ... Macbeth ... Sein timbre ist nicht sonderlich Charaktervoll, aber sein Singen und seine Rollengestaltung sind es. Mit prächtig laufender Bassroutine und präzise gesetzten Spitzentönen sekundieren René Pape (Banco) und Joseph Calleja (Macduff)".

"[Noble's] direction is frequently gripping, aided by two magnificent central performances. Anna Netrebko's darker soprano of recent years is now perfectly suited to Verdi's heavier roles ... Dramatically, Netrebko gives a gripping portrayal ... A performance matched by Željko Lučíć's Macbeth. His velvety timbre and stylish phrasing mark him out as one of the few Verdi baritones today worthy of the description ... Luisi revels in the score's dark tinta, conducting an urgent, pacy performance. Highly recommended".

"Noch mal Salzburg 2023, Verdis 'Macbeth'. Musikalisch sucht Philippe Jordan ... den Ausglech, mal krachend, mal grübelnd, aber selten in die Extreme gehend. Die Brutalität, die Weltverlorenheit, der Schmerz, aber eben auch die Grellheit ... dieser Oper über dem Abgrund gelingen ihm und den Wiener Philharmoniker nur mittelmässig. Regisseur Krzysztof Warlikowski verpuppt sich mal wieder konzeptuell hinter Filmen (von Bertolucci und Pasolini) ... Brav, wenig bedrohlich ist das Singen des volltönende, aber wenig nuancierten Vladislav Sluminsky in der Titelrolle".

"What makes this production so rewarding are the utterly compelling performances of the Macbeths, Shakesperian in intensity ... [Nucci's] Macbeth is a deeply thought portrayal ... Sylvie Valayre ... is just as good here, her manipulative nature clearly emphasized ... up there with the finest Lady Macbeths ... This performance is a good deal more enjoyable than the Royal Opera one issued by Opus Arte last year".

"Currentzis brings vitality to the performance, with important contrasts within scenes, and works well with the singers. Of them, Tiliakos greatly impressed me by his creation of a multi-dimensional character and in both his singing and his acting".