VERDI ON THE VERGE Hearing Giuseppe Verdi's Macbeth is a rather disorienting experience, at least at the beginning. The difference is that we're used to Shakespeare's English, even if it is archaic. Translating his tragic play into Italian makes it seem like something else entirely. Then add to that the very Italian flavor of Verdi's [...]
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:17PM on June 22, 2013