Lady Macbeth is wearing her husband’s crown which suggests that, although he is the king, Lady Macbeth has power because she is able to manipulate her husband. Macbeth is a brave fighter who is ...

Elisabeth Stöppler’s new production of Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth von Mzensk (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk) for the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf takes as its starting point the numbing ...

Jumbo brings a humanizing clarity to Lady Macbeth without in the least compromising her character’s fiendish side. Not having attended the Donmar Warehouse production in person, I can’t say it ...