Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi & Francesco Maria Piave

21 September to 22 October, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch

A new staging of Macbeth by British director/designer and video artist Netia Jones delivers dramatic energy to Italian composer Verdi’s operatic adaption of Shakespeare’s tragedy (1847). The production is billed as total theatre and features New Zealand baritone Phillip Rhodes and South African soprano Amanda Echalz in their international debut roles as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. nzopera.com