WBO
51st Season
2006–2007
Macbeth
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
after the play by William Shakespeare

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first performed Florence, Teatro della Pergola, March, 14, 1847
West Bay Opera première

Six Performances
Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto
(in Italian with English titles)
Conductor: Sara Jobin
Director: Daniel Helfgot
Friday, October 13, 2006 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, October 14, 2006 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, October 15, 2006 at 2:00 PM
Friday, October 20, 2006 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, October 21, 2006 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 2:00 PM
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Manipulated by his ruthless wife, Macbeth resorts to murder in order to reach the throne. A powerful score propels Verdi’s masterful retelling of Shakespeare’s tragedy of ambition, murder, and madness, culminating in Lady Macbeth’s arresting sleepwalking scene.

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