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 Opera by Giuseppe Verdi. 175 min (with one intermission). Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei. Music Director and Conductor: Felix Korobov. Stage Director: Kama Ginkas. Sung in Italian. "Macbeth" is the first of the three operas after Shakespeare written by Verdi. In the sanguinary subject the composer found everything that moved and inspired him: big politics, violent human passions and the encounter with phantastical forces of Evil. Verdi was overwhelmed by the theatrical force of "Macbeth" and called the shakespearian play one of the greatest creations of mankind. Together with Francesco Piave he wrote the libretto and created a forward-looking work that synthetises drama and music. Verdi set down the complex emotional range of every character, subjecting singing to stage action – and as a result created one of the greatest musical tragedies. While stage directors continue to transpose the action into contemporary settings, Kama Ginkas immerses us in prehistorical times. The space created by Sergey Barkhin evokes a Martian landscape; together with the director the set designer takes the action of a well-known opera outside the framework of familiar associations and allusions. By virtue of this their production abandons ordinary space for the macrocosm of human existence.
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