“When Verdi’s Macbeth returned to the Met Thursday night, miscasting doomed the revival as surely as any witch’s curse…. The weakest was the German soprano Nadja Michael, in her company debut as Lady Macbeth. Her toned frame and tousled blond mane evoked the latest incarnation of Madonna — but the Material Girl herself probably could have sung this strenuous music better.” [New York Post]

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parterre box is launching a new themed regular feature curated by our readers and opera fans across the world! We are asking for your favorite clips, recordings, and anecdotes to get people chatting, listening, and thinking.

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parterre box is launching a new themed regular feature curated by our readers and opera fans across the world! We are asking for your favorite clips, recordings, and anecdotes to get people chatting, listening, and thinking.

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