Verdi's opera is every bit as dark and bloody as Shakespeare's drama on which it was based. It is true to the original play in most details of plot and character, yet it differs in significant ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Verdi’s work is far more profound than the program’s gloss, which seems to reach for contemporary relevance. As ...

Guild Opera Company presents the operatic masterpiece Macbeth, composed by Giuseppe Verdi. This adaptation of Shakespeare's dark tale features Carlos Oliva as Macbeth and Emma Berggren as Lady Macbeth ...