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.
US
