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Clamorous harbingers of blood and death: Verdi's Macbeth at Buxton International Festival

By Charlotte Valori, 10 July 2017
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“Moshinsky’s brilliantly vivid production maintains a near-unbearable level of tension”
Reviewed at Buxton Opera House, Buxton on 7 July 2017
Programme
Verdi, Macbeth
Performers
Buxton Festival Opera
Stephen Barlow, Conductor
Elijah Moshinsky, Director
Russell Craig, Set Designer
Stephen Gadd, Macbeth
Kate Ladner, Lady Macbeth
Oleg Tsibulko, Banquo
Jung Soo Yun, Macduff
Northern Chamber Orchestra
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Charlotte Valori
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.