The Metropolitan Opera’s production of “Macbeth,” which made its premiere last October, didn’t exactly emerge as the gripping new take on Verdi’s first Shakespearean opera one had hoped for from the ...

Because of an overloaded schedule, I caught the final dress rehearsal of Opera Orlando’s “Macbeth” on Wednesday instead of attending opening night. And unlike Shakespeare’s “Weird Sisters,” I cannot ...

Giuseppe Verdi called the opera his “best beloved child,” but audiences have consistently agreed with George Bernard Shaw, who sneered that Verdi tried to turn Shakespeare’s tragedy into another ...