English Touring Opera - Macbeth Reviews
25 April 2024

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Macbeth

English Touring Opera


No. of reviews: 13

A cold and bleak Macbeth
21 May 19 / The Opera Critic
The annual visit by English Touring Opera is always a highlight of the Perth Festival of the Arts
18 May 19 / The Herald
A timeless tale of ambition
28 Apr 19 / Norwich Evening News
James Dacre’s production of Macbeth ticks all the wrong boxes at the outset but finally wins through
7 Apr 19 / The Reviews Hub
James Dacre transplants the action of Verdi’s Macbeth into an Orwellian dystopia
5 Apr 19 / The York Press
Not yet down and dirty: English Touring Opera rising to the challenge of Verdi's Macbeth
18 Mar 19 / Planet Hugill
A potent concoction: Macbeth is ETO's hit of the season
13 Mar 19 / Bachtrack
Spooky sisters stoke up the cauldron
12 Mar 19 / Evening Standard
ETO's Scottish tragedy is among the company’s finest achievements
11 Mar 19 / The Guardian
While this ETO production has moments of great pathos and emotion, it fails to ignite on every level
11 Mar 19 / Broadway World
A hen-pecked King in a lively production
11 Mar 19 / Telegraph
Another must-see show from ETO
11 Mar 19 / Classical Source
Monarchs corrupted and tormented: ETO’s Idomeneo and Macbeth at the Hackney Empire
11 Mar 19 / Opera Today
Production details
Cast
Doyle, Pierard/Hurst, Slater, Muchhala, Lynn, Hawkins
(c) Cornelius (d) Dacre
Performance dates
9, 15, 22, 25, 29 March, 2, 5, 12, 16, 22, 26, 30 April, 3, 7, 10, 13, 16, 21, 24, 31 May 2019 (various locations)
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