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FULL MACBETH (Andrew Creaghan) Edmonton 2025 Ian Bannerman, Jessica Wagner, Erin Whalley
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Macbeth" was composed by , conducted by and performed by the on at the .
- Composer: Creaghan Andrew
- Libretto:
- Venue & Opera Company: Westbury Theatre, The Arts Barns, Edmongton, Canada, Edmonton Fringe Festival
- Recorded: August 24, 2025
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Ian Bannerman, Jessica Wagner, Erin Whalley, Lesley Dolman, Douglas Graham, Andrew Whiteside, Max Harty, Jason Somerville-Knish
- Conductor: Don Ross
- Orchestra: New Era Group
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Andrew Creaghan
- Date Published: 2025
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, gensubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Shakespeare has been given so many makeovers that you’d be forgiven for not knowing what you’d get walking into a performance. A version featuring the Simpsons characters? A Japanese adaptation? One set during the Quebec biker wars of the 1990s?
They’ve all been done and they’re all quite entertaining, but it’s almost a shock to see Macbeth done as opera, with music by acclaimed composer J. Andrew Creaghan. So jolting that at least one couple sheepishly made their way out from the well attended Sunday night performance, likely because it wasn’t quite what they were expecting. Fair enough.
Creaghan’s Macbeth is a muted and severe affair, with all performers dressed in street clothes black. The singers sit at the back of the stage with their binders of ipads full of scores and lyrics, slowly walking forward when their time comes. Afterwards, they return in a similarly staely manner to their chairs. It’s almost like they’re the ghosts of Macbeth, Banquo, Duncan and Lady Macbeth, forced to reenact their tragedy every day, their voices conveying passion but their bodies locked into dispassion.
For lack of a better word the music (played by the New Era Group, conducted by Don Ross) swirls around the singers like an endlessly dreich day in Inverness. Let’s be clear, this isn’t for everyone, but if you have the patience to sit and let it seep in this performance of Macbeth is vastly rewarding.
Quoted from https://edmontonjournal.com