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McVicar's grim and creepy Macbeth impresses at Canadian Opera Company

Quinn Kelsey (Macbeth)
© Michael Cooper
Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Lady Macbeth)
© Michael Cooper
Quinn Kelsey (Macbeth)
© Michael Cooper
Macbeth, Act 1
© Michael Cooper
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“COC’s most ambitious show since the pandemic”
Reviewed at Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto on 28 April 2023
Verdi, Macbeth
Canadian Opera Company
Speranza Scappucci, Conductor
Sir David McVicar, Director
John Macfarlane, Set Designer
Moritz Junge, Costume Designer
David Finn, Lighting Designer
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Canadian Opera Company Chorus
Quinn Kelsey, Macbeth
Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Lady Macbeth
Önay Köse, Banquo
Matthew Cairns, Macduff
Adam Luther, Malcolm
Tracy Cantin, Lady in Waiting
Vartan Gabrielian, Doctor
Andrew George, Choreography
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