Piero Cappuccilli and Shirley Verrett lead Verdi’s sombre masterpiece, drawn from one of Shakespeare’s most celebrated tragedies. Filmed for television at Teatro alla Scala in 1979, Claudio Abbado conductes a night to remember.
Cast
Piero Cappuccilli
Macbeth
Shirley Verrett
Lady Macbeth
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Banco
Stefania Malagú
Dama di Lady Macbeth
Veriano Luchetti
Macduff, nobile scozzese
Antonio Savastano
Malcolm, figlio di Duncano
Giovanni Foiani
Medico
Carlo Meliciani
Domestico di Macbeth
Giuseppe Morresi
Sicario
Alfredo Giacomotti
Prima apparizione (voice)
Milena Pauli
Seconda apparizione (voice)
Enrico Mazzola
Terza apparizione (voice)
Claudio Abbado
Self - Conductor
Crew
Carlo Battistoni
Director
Francesco Maria Piave
Writer
Andrea Maffei
Writer
William Shakespeare
Story
Tina Protasoni
Assistant Director
Luciano Damiani
Costume Designer, Set Designer
Elfride Foroni
Sound Assistant
Blando Maria Melli
Sound Assistant
Giuseppe Verdi
Music
Marise Flach
Choreographer
Giorgio Strehler
Stage Director
Alberto Savi
Gaffer
Claudio Abbado
Conductor