

Plácido Domingo and Anna Netrebko serve murder AND high notes in Berlin's opera house of horrors.
Giuseppe Verdi's powerful opera Macbeth sees a barnstorming staging by legendary stage director Harry Kupfer at the newly reopened Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
Acting
Netrebko's Lady Macbeth: terrifying coloratura, unhinged physicality.
Production
Kupfer's staging: stark modernist horror, blood-red Staatsoper reborn.
Direction
Harry Kupfer, 80+ years old, still directing like a demon.
Director
Harry Kupfer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This production reopened the Staatsoper Unter den Linden after a seven-year, €400 million renovation—Verdi's witches christened Berlin's most prestigious stage.
Verdi was obsessed with Shakespeare and fought his librettist to keep the witches' scenes dark and supernatural—rare for bel canto opera.