Macbeth: Review Before the Tour

William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth Giuseppe Verdi considered one of the best works of world literature. Perhaps that is why this opera is among the undoubted masterpieces of the Italian composer. The composer revealed the darkest sides of the human subconscious, believing that the music of Macbeth should only ‘emphasize poetry, not the composer’. On 18 June the performance will feature Stanislav Trifonov as Macbeth, Ekaterina Golovleva as Lady Macbeth, Andrei Valentii as Banquo, Ivan Savenkov , Dzmitry Shemet , Igor Matskevich as witches. Viktor Ploskina will conduct.

The performance at the Bolshoi will be a kind of review before the tour. And after June 18, three huge containers with Macbeth’s props and scenery will be shipped by sea to Cyprus. Three nights in a row, on 30, 31 August and 1 September the music of the brilliant Italian Giuseppe Verdi will be performed at the Medieval Castle Square in Pafos, Cyprus. Macbeth staged by the principal stage director of the theatre Mikhail Pandzhavidze goes on such a long tour for the first time. Belarusian company of 165 people (chorus, orchestra, soloists, technical and production teams) will land on the shores of Cyprus in late summer. The lead roles will perform People's Artist of Belarus Nina Scharubina, winner of international competition Ekaterina Golovleva, Honoured Artists of the Republic of Belarus Stanislav Trifonov and Vladimir Gromov, Andrei Valentii. The chief chorus master of the theatre People's Artist of Belarus Nina Lomanovich will be the head of the tour. Three nights in a row the principal guest conductor Viktor Ploskina will conduct. Ivan Kostyakhin will conduct the stage band.