Admin

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Anna Netrebko

Lady Macbeth

Anna Pirozzi

Tenor

Matthew Polenzani

Macduff

Baritone

Željko Lučić

Macbeth

Craig Colclough

Bass

Ildar Abdrazakov

Banquo

Giuseppe Filianoti

Malcolm

Mezzo-soprano

Sarah Cambidge

Lady-in-waiting

Bradley Garvin

A Servant of Macbeth

Harold Wilson

Doctor

Richard Bernstein

Assassin

Christopher Job

First Apparition

Karen Chia-Ling Ho

Crowned Child

Meigui Zhang

Bloody Child

Conductor

Marco Armiliato

Stage director

Adrian Noble

Set designer

Mark Thompson

Lighting designer

Jean Kalman

Choreographer

Sue Lefton

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Italian

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

One of the most memorable performances of the last decade came in 2014, when Anna Netrebko electrified audiences as the conniving Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s grim adaptation of Shakespeare. During the 2019–20 season, she reprised her hair-raising portrayal, heard here in a thrilling radio broadcast. The soprano finds her match in baritone Željko Lučić, who commands the stage in the title role. As Banquo and Macduff, two obstacles to the Macbeths ascent to the throne, bass Ildar Abdrazakov and tenor Matthew Polenzani complete the exceptional principal cast. And under the baton of Marco Armiliato, the Met Orchestra and Chorus shine, brilliantly executing one of Verdi’s most engrossing scores.

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