Macbeth

Something wicked this way comes, as Opera Queensland is beginning it's 2012 Season this weekend with it's debut performance of Giuseppe Verdi's classic opera Macbeth.

After sell out performances from last year's classical productions, Opera Queensland Chorus and Queensland Symphony Orchestra have join together to begin the year on an awe inspiring and sinister note. Verdi's opera, based on William Shakespeare's literary masterpiece of the same name, is the re-creation of one of the most well known and beloved tragedy tales of the Western world.

Macbeth, army general and hero of 11th Century Scotland, begins his ambitious journey of moving up the ranks to become ruler and King of Scotland. Aided by his wilful and haunted wife Lady Macbeth, the death toll begins to heighten, and Macbeth's tyranny starts to take a dangerous turn. Macbeth's bloodlust soon transports him into a world of regret, suspicion and madness from which he cannot return.

The story itself seems to have been crafted with the intent of transitioning into the realm of operatic theatre. It's bloody battles, ambitious heroines, and eerie returns from the dead will make for an entertaining and moving piece of theatre. Maestro Nicholas Braithwaite will be directing Michael Lewis and Elizabeth Whitehouse in the leading roles, and Kaludi Kaludow will be returning to the Brisbane stage to play the righteous Macduff

Do not miss what is sure to be a riveting evening of murder, madness and mayhem!