2 days until the Macbeth premiere!

Watch our latest Macbeth videoblog of a rehearsal on stage with lights, costumes, and orchestra!

4 days until the Macbeth premiere!

“There’s no other title hero in any of Verdi’s operas like Macbeth,” says Serbian baritone Zeljko Lucic, who sings the role in Adrian Noble’s new production. “It’s his ambition that leads him to crime, disaster, and ultimately to his death. Like every tragic hero, he falls victim to a side of his own nature that he doesn’t understand, that forces him to do the exact opposite of his principles.” Horrible as Macbeth’s deeds are, Noble points out that he’s still a character audiences can identify with: “If he were just a brute,” the director explains, “he wouldn’t have a conscience, therefore he wouldn’t see the ghost of Banquo, he wouldn’t see these horrible things. The tragedy is that he’s vulnerable, that’s the shocking thing about it. That vulnerability is the highway that the audience travels on.”

Here’s a preview of some of the most dramatic scenes in the opera.

The moment that sets the drama in motion: Macbeth hears the witches’ prophecy.

Plotting the assassination of King Duncan (with Maria Guleghina as Lady Macbeth).

Macbeth sees Banquo’s ghost (John Relyea) at the banquet.

Photos: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

5 days until the Macbeth premiere!
Watch Director Adrian Noble as he works with Maria Guleghina on Lady Macbeth’s first scene in the opera.