Two heavy models hang like the swords of Damocles over the material, a warning to all who would attempt it: Shakespeare and Verdi. Yet Salvatore Sciarrino avoids the trap of classicism and retells the story in a fresh and utterly captivating way. In developing the libretto, Sciarrino adhered closely to Shakespeare's original, but condensed it to a minimum. The portrait of the murderous upstart and his wife, Lady Macbeth, in Verdi's four-act opera Macbeth , premiered in Florence in 1847 and one of his darkest musical dramas, illuminates the depths of the soul with a poignancy that seems to render any further interpretation superfluous.

Macbeth

Kollegienkirche

Just days before the Easter holidays, the Frau Musika orchestra, conducted by specialist Andrea Marcon, pays homage to the "sacred" Salieri—it marks the 200th anniversary of his death—by pairing him with an equally sacred Mozart: the Requiem. The rich program also includes Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 1, a fruit of his youthful creativity.

Salieri And Mozart – Orchestra Frau Musika

Teatro "Dino Buzzati"

György Kurtág’s ‘unforgettable’ adaption of Samuel Beckett’s absurdist play has its highly anticipated UK premiere, given by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and its Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth.

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Prom 43: György Kurtág’s Endgame

Royal Albert Hall

A milestone in the history of musical theater, born from the encounter between the sensibilities of Italian melodrama and the Gothic atmospheres of Walter Scott's novel, Lucia di Lammermoor is conceived by director Yannis Kokkos, who created this production in 2003 under the baton of Riccardo Chailly, as a merciless hunt whose victim is driven to the depths of madness, evoked by Donizetti with the diaphanous sound of the glass harmonica. The revival is entrusted to an expert conductor in bel canto, Speranza Scappucci, who made her debut at La Scala with Bellini's I Capuleti ei Montecchi .

Leonardo Cortellazzi

Events

Upcoming events

Jun 26 - Jul 17, 2026

Lucia di Lammermoor · Teatro alla Scala

Past events

Jul 25, 2025

Macbeth · Salzburger Festspiele

Apr 8, 2025

Salieri And Mozart – Orchestra Frau Musika · Belluno Teatro Comunale

Future and recently performed repertoire

Lord Arthur Bucklaw in Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti

Teatro alla Scala

Banquo/The Ghost/A Servant in Macbeth by Sciarrino

Salzburger Festspiele

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