The latest opera to be livestreamed by the Bavarian State Opera is Verdi's Macbeth. Conducted by Massimo Zanetti, it features Zeljko Lucic and Nadja Michael as Lord and Lady M.
Not for aficionados of the puffy short, Martin Kušej's unsettling production features topless bunny girls, dirty underpants and a mass public wee.
The live stream begins at 19:oo (6pm UK time) tomorrow, Saturday 11 May.
Production trailer:
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Macbeth - Royal Opera House, 24 May 2011 (first night)
Liudmyla Monastyrska met all the hopes raised by the YouTube evidence and her recent Aida when she made her debut as Lady Macbeth at Covent Garden earlier tonight. It's all about the voice - and what a battle tank of a voice - dark, powerful, solid top-to-bottom, and huuuuuge. At full throttle, it blasts through the theatre, yet she manoeuvres it precisely around the fiddliest coloratura, and can wind it down to a whisper without losing its shape. I can think of no current soprano who could meet the demands of the role quite so perfectly, and the rest of the audience recognised it too - her every aria roundly applauded. In short, a miracle.
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Today’s Metro (27 April) has a £75 ticket offer on Stalls seats (normally up to £188.90) for Macbeth at Covent Garden on 30 May and 13 / 15 / 18 June.
To book, visit http://www.roh.org.uk/macbeth and type KING into the ‘Do you have a code?’ box, or call the ROH Box Office on 020 7304 4000 and quote ‘Macbeth Metro Offer’ when booking.
Fantastic cast (Simon Keenlyside, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Dimitri Pittas, Raymond Aceto) and Pappano conducts, so it could be worth splashing out.
(thanks to Werner for spotting)
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