Verdi Macbeth Chailly

Verdi Macbeth Chailly

1987
2h 13m
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Overview

Claude D'Anna's film of Verdi's Macbeth is a gloomy affair, stressing the descent into madness of the principal villains. It's acted by the singers of the Decca recording of the opera (with two substitutions of actors standing in for singers) and the lip-synching is generally unobtrusive. The musical performance is superb, conducted by Riccardo Chailly with admirable fire, and sung by some of the leading lights of the opera stages of the 1980s. Shirley Verrett virtually owned the role of Lady Macbeth at the time, and she delivers a terrific performance, the voice equal to the role's wide register leaps and it's suffused with emotion, whether urging her husband on to murder or maddened by guilt in the Sleepwalking Scene. Leo Nucci's resonant Macbeth may lack the ultimate in vocal color and steadiness (his last notes of the great aria Pietà, rispetto, amore are wobbly) but he compensates with intensity in both singing and acting.

Status: Released

Language: IT

Production Information

Production Companies
Deutsche Grammophon
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
Italian

Keywords

Quick Facts

Original Title Verdi Macbeth
Release Date January 1, 1987
Status Released
Language IT

Cast

Leo Nucci
Leo Nucci

Macbeth

Shirley Verrett
Shirley Verrett

Lady Macbeth

Samuel Ramey
Samuel Ramey

Banquo

Anna Caterina Antonacci
Anna Caterina Antonacci

Dama de Lady Macbeth

Veriano Luchetti
Veriano Luchetti

Macduff

Antonio Barasorda
Antonio Barasorda

Malcolm

Sergio Fontana
Sergio Fontana

Mendico

Nicolas Sansier
Nicolas Sansier

Fleanzio

Riccardo Chailly
Riccardo Chailly

Conductor

Key Crew

Francesco Maria Piave
Writer
Henry Lange
Producer
Claude d'Anna
Director