Macbeth

Lady Macbeth reads Macbeth's letter

Lady Macbeth & Macbeth plan their next move

Macbeth reacts to Banquos ghost & the banquet dissolves into chaos

the Women (the witches) meet in the woods

Macduff mourns his family & refugees lament their lost homeland

composed by Giuseppe Verdi

Glimmerglass Festival
directed by Anne Bogart

costumes co-designed:
Beth Goldenberg & James Schuette
set: James Schuette
lighting: Robert Weirzel
photography: Karli Cadel

In this production, a veneer of elegance is cast over the cruelty and brutality involved in capturing and holding onto power. But Macbeth and Lady Macbeth'sworld becomes starker as they wade deeper into the blood of their enemies and the depths of their own madness. Throughout it all, the witches--in this case, the women of the castle's household staff--are watching and commenting. Kings rise and fall, but the maids remain, witnesses to it all.