Verdi’s Macbeth

A prophecy. A power grab. A couple who cannot stop once they start. Macbeth is what happens when ambition stops being a private thought and becomes a plan. Macbeth hears a prediction that he could be king. He tells his wife. She hears it and goes all in. Together, they push past the line they swore they would never cross, and then they keep crossing new ones because backing down would mean admitting what they have done.