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Montana Levi Blanco's costumes in Louisa Proske's production of Verdi's "Macbeth" pit Tudor and Elizabethan elegance against Jon Bausor's settings of blasted concrete walls and ornately styled interio... 1.000

👤 Oussama Zahr 📋 News Article 🏷️ Opera , Louisa Proske , Costume Design , Set Design , Montana Levi Blanco , Jon Bausor

Simplified: Montana Levi Blanco's costumes in Louisa Proske's production of Verdi's "Macbeth" contrast Tudor and Elizabethan elegance with Jon Bausor's settings o...

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Louisa Proske's new production of Verdi's "Macbeth" opened the Metropolitan Opera's season on Tuesday. 1.000

👤 Oussama Zahr 📋 News Article 🏷️ Opera , Metropolitan Opera , Louisa Proske , Giuseppe Verdi

Simplified: Louisa Proske's new production of Verdi's "Macbeth" opened the Metropolitan Opera's season on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.

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As Macduff, the tenor Freddie De Tommaso injected Italian style and genuine vitality into the show, with a juicy timbre, pinging high notes and a few sobs and sighs. 1.000

👤 Oussama Zahr 📋 News Article 🏷️ Music , Casting , Opera

Simplified: In the Metropolitan Opera's production of 'Macbeth' reviewed in September 2026, tenor Freddie De Tommaso sang the role of Macduff.

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In a dramatic sleight of hand, Macduff emerged from the chorus of refugees right after they finished a quiet, deeply felt rendition of “Patria oppressa.” 1.000

👤 Oussama Zahr 📋 News Article 🏷️ Music , Theater , Opera , Staging

Simplified: In the Metropolitan Opera's production of 'Macbeth' reviewed in September 2026, the character Macduff emerged from the chorus of refugees after they s...

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Lady Macbeth has four big arias that test the entire span of a soprano’s vocal range and the thoroughness of her technique. 1.000

👤 Oussama Zahr 📋 News Article 🏷️ Music , Opera , Composition

Simplified: The role of Lady Macbeth in Verdi's opera 'Macbeth' contains four major arias.

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As her Lady walked through a gallery of distorted mirrors, she saw clearly for the first time what she had done, singing sorrowfully but without indulgence. 1.000

👤 Oussama Zahr 📋 News Article 🏷️ Music , Theater , Opera , Production Design

Simplified: In the Metropolitan Opera's production of 'Macbeth' reviewed in September 2026, the character Lady Macbeth walked through a gallery of distorted mirro...

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Her bedchamber, once a cloistered, claustrophobic space of thickly piled velvet, was almost unrecognizable, a scorched ruin. 1.000

👤 Oussama Zahr 📋 News Article 🏷️ Music , Theater , Opera , Production Design

Simplified: In the Metropolitan Opera's production of 'Macbeth' reviewed in September 2026, the set for Lady Macbeth's bedchamber was depicted as a scorched ruin.

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Davidsen’s Lady finally found her nobility, rising to a lambent high D-flat before passing away. 1.000

👤 Oussama Zahr 📋 News Article 🏷️ Music , Performance , Opera

Simplified: In her performance as Lady Macbeth at the Metropolitan Opera, Lise Davidsen sang a high D-flat at the end of the sleepwalking scene.

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Banquo, sung by Ryan Speedo Green with a strong, even, somewhat subdued vocal profile, is a good but not great man whose ordinariness means he passes below the radar of the meddlesome witches. 1.000

👤 Oussama Zahr 📋 News Article 🏷️ Music , Casting , Opera

Simplified: In the Metropolitan Opera's production of 'Macbeth' reviewed in September 2026, Ryan Speedo Green sang the role of Banquo.

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The Met restored the aria “Mal per me,” which Verdi cut when he revised the score, giving Macbeth an opportunity to regret his foolishness. 1.000

👤 Oussama Zahr 📋 News Article 🏷️ Music , Opera , Music History

Simplified: The Metropolitan Opera's 2026 production of "Macbeth" includes the aria “Mal per me,” which composer Giuseppe Verdi had cut from a revised version of...

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He has already distinguished himself as a Verdian in “Rigoletto” and “Aida,” using his generous, earthy timbre to imbue his characters with disarming humanity. 1.000

👤 Oussama Zahr 📋 News Article 🏷️ Music , People , Opera

Simplified: Baritone Quinn Kelsey, who starred as Macbeth, has previously performed in Verdi's operas "Rigoletto" and "Aida" at the Metropolitan Opera.

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The Met restored a portion of the often-cut ballet, pitting a gleeful re-enactment of Duncan’s murder (choreographed by Jorrell Lawyer-Jefferson) against the suavity of the conductor Yannick Nézet-Ség... 1.000

👤 Oussama Zahr 📋 News Article 🏷️ Music , Opera , Dance

Simplified: In the Metropolitan Opera's 2026 "Macbeth," a portion of the often-cut ballet was restored, with a sequence choreographed by Jorrell Lawyer-Jefferson,...

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Going into opening night, all ears were on Lise Davidsen...As Banquo, the bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green brought a warm, paternal sound...The tenor Matthew Polenzani, as Macduff, sang with his usual... 1.000

👤 Oussama Zahr 📋 News Article 🏷️ People , Theater , Opera

Simplified: The opening night cast for the Metropolitan Opera's 2026 "Macbeth" included Lise Davidsen as Lady Macbeth, Ryan Speedo Green as Banquo, and Matthew Po...

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The production runs through Oct. 21, with a second cast taking over on Oct. 18. 1.000

👤 Oussama Zahr 📋 News Article 🏷️ Theater , Opera , Scheduling

Simplified: The Metropolitan Opera's 2026 production of "Macbeth" runs through October 21, with a second cast taking over on October 18.

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With her poise, stamina and majestic tone, Davidsen has efficiently consolidated a position as the world’s leading dramatic soprano for German repertoire. 0.800

👤 Oussama Zahr 📋 News Article 🏷️ Music , Biography , Opera

Simplified: Lise Davidsen has consolidated a position as the world's leading dramatic soprano for German repertoire.

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Montana Levi Blanco’s costumes pit Tudor and Elizabethan elegance against Jon Bausor’s settings of blasted concrete walls and ornately styled interiors. 1.000

👤 Oussama Zahr 📋 News Article 🏷️ Design , Theater , Opera

Simplified: In the Metropolitan Opera's 2026 production of "Macbeth," Montana Levi Blanco designed the costumes and Jon Bausor designed the sets.

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In Adam Silverman’s lighting scheme, the singers cast long, foreboding shadows, revealing the menace within them and the menace stalking them. 1.000

👤 Oussama Zahr 📋 News Article 🏷️ Design , People , Theater , Opera

Simplified: Adam Silverman was the lighting designer for the Metropolitan Opera's 2026 production of "Macbeth."

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In her Metropolitan Opera debut, the director Louisa Proske adapts the witches’ chant into the guiding principle of a gripping new production of Verdi’s “Macbeth,” which opened the company’s season on... 1.000

👤 Oussama Zahr 📋 News Article 🏷️ People , Theater , Opera

Simplified: Louisa Proske made her directorial debut at the Metropolitan Opera with a new production of Verdi's "Macbeth" that opened the company's season on Sept...

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