Giuseppe Verdi: MACBETH

Opera in four acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English and Italian subtitles

Length of the performance: 3 hours 15 minutes, with 1 intermission.

Macbeth hears a prophecy from three strange witch figures that he will become King of Scotland. The news sets off a series of brutal thoughts and actions in him and even more so in his wife, Lady Macbeth. It is not by chance that Verdi chose this Shakespeare text as the basis for his work: the title character, who is a hell of spiritual depth, doubts and ruthlessness, is a character who is subjected to a series of supernatural forces, dramatic murders and psychic storms. All situations and motifs that could be unfolded with music and that are worthy of the operatic stage.

The production is created by Matthew Wild, widely recognised as the leading musical theatre director of his generation in South Africa, a perhaps forgotten corner of the Anglo-Saxon world, and now an increasingly sought-after artist on European stages. His productions are praised for their intelligence, visual bravura and musicality. His production of Macbeth also emphasises the clash and interplay of cultures (English and ancient African), as well as the sharp contrast between the earthly and the mystical-transcendental worlds.