Sound and fury: Luke Styles' Macbeth

Von Charlotte Valori, 10 September 2015

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“a nimble, intense 70 minute drama focusing on the psychological over the supernatural”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, London, am 9 September 2015

Styles, Macbeth

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Kitty Callister, Bühnenbild

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Ed Ballard, Bariton

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Charlotte Valori

Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.

Sound and fury: Luke Styles' Macbeth, Glyndebourne