![]() ![]() While the tale of the Macbeths and their evil deeds is anything but uplifting, the telling of it soars in this production, thanks to a stellar lead cast and the skilled stage and music direction that local opera goers have come to expect. The results are not pretty.īut even the ugliest aspects of human nature can be transformed into great art, a feat accomplished on a historical scale by Shakespeare and Verdi, and on a more transitory but nevertheless grand scale by our local opera company, which is staging its gripping production at the Lucie Stern Theatre through Sunday. The story of the Thane of Cawdor and his wife, Lady Macbeth, is a bloody tale indeed, a petri dish in which Shakespeare unleashes naked ambition and power lust to mingle with human hearts unguided by a moral compass. Previous NextĪre you familiar with Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and planning to see a performance of West Bay Opera's production of Giuseppe Verdi's opera of the same name? An excellent decision - and knowing the Shakespearean plot you won't be surprised by the dominant color presiding on the well-ordered stage: Red. ![]() Krassen Karagiozov as Macbeth and Christina Major as Lady Macbeth, whose evil deeds eventually do them in.
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