16th May
Concert will begin at 17:20 hours GMT
Verdi's 'Macbeth' with Kelsey, Davidsen, Köpeczi and Still from Copenhagen
Verdi's 'Macbeth' is an opera in four acts, with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and additions by Andrea Maffei, based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Groups of witches gather in a wood beside a battlefield, exchanging stories of the evils they have done. The victorious generals Macbeth and Banco enter. The witches hail Macbeth as Thane of Glamis (a title he already holds by inheritance), Thane of Cawdor, and king 'hereafter.' Banco is greeted as 'lesser than Macbeth, but greater', never a king himself, but the progenitor of a line of future kings.
Performers: Quinn Kelsey: Macbeth. Lise Davidsen: Lady Macbeth. Alexander Köpeczi: Banquo. Gisela Still: Lady Macbeths lady-in-waiting. Freddie de Tommaso: Macduff. Jacob Skov Andersen: Malcolm. Kyungil Ko, Macbeth's servant/doctor.
Royal Danish Opera Choir. Royal Danish Orchestra. Conductor: Antonio Pappano.
Recorded 15r May.
DR P2 Klassisk