Verdi MacBeth 2-Disc Set w/ Artwork

Verdi MacBeth 2-Disc Set w/ Artwork MUSIC AUDIO CD Chandos 2014 opera English  Type: Music Platform: Audio CD Publisher: Chandos Records Released: 2014 Media: CD This recording of Verdi's Macbeth marks the completion of the Peter Moores Foundation's remarkable Opera in English series, established in 1995 with aim of making opera available to wider audiences by presenting the highest quality performances in the English language. Here a translation by Jeremy Sams is sung by an all-star cast including Simon Keenlyside as Macbeth and Latonia Moore as Lady Macbeth. Edward Gardner, Artistic Director of English National Opera, conducts the ENO Orchestra. Macbeth is the first of three Verdi operas based on dramas by William Shakespeare, a man whose works he loved dearly. Described by Verdi as one of the greatest creations of man, Macbeths grandeur, breadth, and sublime, rarefied, and strange atmosphere inspired Verdi to adapt this tale of power, corruption, and devilry with the librettist