Verdi: Macbeth

 A straightforward, vigorous account of one of Verdi’s finest scores. Simply but effectively staged, it gets strong, unsubtle vocal and acting performances from a young cast. Michael Tanner
 

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4

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:25 pm

COMPOSERS: Verdi
LABELS: Naxos
WORKS: Macbeth
PERFORMER: Altomare, Zhuravel, Kudinov, Pelizzari, Voleri; Marchigiana PO/Callegari; dir. Pier Luigi Pizzi (Macerata, 2007)
CATALOGUE NO: 2.110258

A straightforward, vigorous account of one of Verdi’s finest scores. Simply but effectively staged, it gets strong, unsubtle vocal and acting performances from a young cast. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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