Macbeth

Barrie Kosky's theater often touches, but sometimes it grips by showing the familiar - the world, life, relationships between people - broken in such a way that it remains shockingly recognizable. In his Macbeth production at the Staatsoper, the director creates a darkness that provides additional density and results in the invisibility of all the characters. "This darkness doesn't just come from Shakespeare's play or Verdi's score, it is the play itself. A darkness from which one cannot escape, which dominates the scene from the very first moment. I would say with regard to Shakespeare that no other of his works is so strongly characterized by it. And Verdi distilled the essence of it: an incredible, almost claustrophobic nihilism," says the director. For this production, we recommend a minimum age of 16.