Macbeth, Shakespeare’s tale of ruthless desire set to some of Verdi’s most magnificent music, takes the stage to open Opera Orlando’s season of Destiny + Desire. This all new production will be led by stage director Matt Haney and conductor Mark Sforzini, both making their Company debuts.
Consumed by the promise of political power and propelled by his ambitious wife, Macbeth, sung by international baritone Norman Garrett, gets caught in a murderous web to claim the Scottish throne. A powerful and emotional work, Macbeth is the opera Giuseppe Verdi declared to be “unlike any other!” There is no love story here, just a darkly riveting scramble to grab power at any cost.
Macbeth will be sung in Italian with English and Spanish supertitles. The run time for the full evening will be 2 hours and 45 minutes with one intermission.