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MACBETH French Version Parma 2024 Ernesto Petti, Lidia Fridman, Michele Pertusi, Luciano Ganci
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: MACBETH French Version
- Composer: Verdi Giuseppe
- Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave, additions by Andrea Maffei, based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Teatro Regio, Parma, Italy
- Recorded: September 26, October 6, 2024
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Ernesto Petti, Lidia Fridman, Michele Pertusi, Luciano Ganci, David Astorga, Natalia Gavrilan, Rocco Cavalluzzi, Eugenio Maria Degiacomi, Agata Pelosi, Alice Pellegrini
- Conductor: Roberto Abbado
- Orchestra: Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Orchestra Giovanile della Via Emilia
- Chorus: Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma
- Choreographer: Pim Veulings
- Stage Director: Pierre Audi
- Stage Designer: Michele Taborelli
- Costume Designer: Robby Duiveman
- Lighting Designer: Jean Kalman, Marco Filibeck
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Dynamic
- Date Published: 2026
- Format: DVD & BD
- Quality Video: 5 Audio:5
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, desubs, frsubs, itsubs
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, telling the story of a power couple galvanised by witchcraft and superstition, and obsessed by a craving to conquer the throne by force, even by murder. This French version of Verdi’s opera takes us into a sphere of decorum and decency that hides monsters capable of the worst atrocities, portrayed in some of the composer’s most blood-curdling and intense passages of music. A genuine rarity on stage, this 2024 production of the French version was acclaimed for its powerful vocal performances and fine acting.
Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth (1865) is a significant French-language revision of his 1847 opera, tailored for the Paris Opéra (premiered at the Théâtre Lyrique). It features major additions like a ballet, revised orchestration, and the French translation by Charles Louis Étienne Nuitter and Alexandre Beaumont.
Premiere: April 21, 1865, at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris.
Modifications: To meet French grand opera requirements, Verdi added a ballet in Act III, revised the chorus of the Scottish refugees, and altered the final scene.
Original 1865 Cast: Jean-Vital Jammes (Macbeth), Amélie Rey-Balla (Lady Macbeth), Jules-Émile Petit (Banquo), and Jules-Sébastien Monjauze (Macduff).(Visited 78 times, 1 visits today)