The 61-year-old told the BBC Radio 4 Loose Ends podcast ... And he gets a fever overnight. 'Then Lady Macbeth goes down on the Friday. 'Then Macduff goes down on the Saturday.

Lady Macbeth calls on spirits to bring on night time in order to 'cover up' the murder she is planning. Who? Ross talks to an old man about unnatural events following Duncan's murder. Although it ...

One example is the following line, spoken by Lady Macbeth in Act 5, scene 1. Out, damned spot! Out, I say!.. Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? The imagined ...

Before the performance even began, the theatre was bathed in a sepia glow, setting an eerie tone. Then, a phone rings - a voice note left on Lady Macbeth’s phone. That single moment sets the stage for ...

Verdi knew exactly what he wanted in a Lady Macbeth. He wrote that her voice should ... a far cry from the old stand-and-sing style of opera. It is, at times, a brutal vision, with some typically ...