Iford Arts Festival – Macbeth

Giuseppe Verdi’s fascinating take on Shakespeare’s story of power in a new Iford Arts’ production of Macbeth.
Verdi was fascinated by Shakespeare. He focused minutely and up close up on Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, a couple both deeply flawed and deeply human. And he charts with characteristic empathy the timeless conflict between ambition and conscience which lies at the story’s heart, creating one of the finest scores of his early period. Shakespeare’s bizarre ‘weird sisters’ inspired him further to create delicious music which is extraordinarily suggestive of the supernatural as the third element which drives the fast-paced narrative.

“Pure Magic, as though each performance is being enacted entirely for your personal benefit” The Telegraph

A strong creative team is led by Iford’s own maestro Oliver Gooch conducting CHROMA, with director Bruno Ravella and choreographer Jo Meredith, all relishing the chance to create a new production of this masterpiece at Iford.

Conductor: Oliver Gooch
Director: Bruno Ravella
Designer: Alyson Cummins
Choreographer: Jo Meredith
Macbeth – Eddie Wade
Macduff – Chris Turner
Dama – Sandra Porter
Lady Macbeth – Laura Parfitt

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