PRODUCTION NEW TO SAN FRANCISCO OPERA

GIUSEPPE VERDI
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

A Scottish noble's lust for political power is provoked by a tantalizing prophecy and stoked by his manipulative spouse in this dark tale of unchecked ambition.
Verdi's early masterpiece, the first of his three Shakespeare operas, features a man and wife who find it easier to murder their way to the Scottish throne than to cleanse themselves of the subsequent guilt. Renowned baritone Thomas Hampson returns to San Francisco Opera as the haunted Macbeth, and the exciting young Italian maestro Massimo Zanetti conducts Verdi's vividly dramatic score.

*San Francisco Opera debut

Cast, programs, prices and schedules are subject to change

Recording Credits Current San Francisco Opera production, 2007 1. Georgina Lukács as Lady Macbeth and    Thomas Hampson as Macbeth 2. Raymond Aceto as Banquo 3. Thomas Hampson as Macbeth 4. Alfredo Portilla as Macduff 5. Georgina Lukács and members of the company