Verdi’s life-long love affair with Shakespeare’s works began with Macbeth, a play he considered to be ‘one of the greatest creations of man’. With his librettist, Francesco Maria Piave, Verdi set out to create ‘something out of the ordinary’. Their success is borne out in every bar of a score that sees Verdi at his most theatrical: it bristles with demonic energy.

Hounddog
2008
6.5/10

Coda
2020
6.1/10

Battle of the Year
2013
6.8/10

Grace Unplugged
2013
6.0/10

Amadeus
1984
8.0/10

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
2025
6.6/10

A
2017
6.2/10

The Mambo Kings
1992
6.4/10

tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
7.6/10

Esterno Notte - Prima Parte
2022
7.8/10

Hamlet
1948
7.4/10

Good Vibrations
2012
6.7/10

Too Late Blues
1961
6.4/10

Julia
1977
6.5/10

Fuori
2025
6.4/10

Macbeth
2015
6.4/10

Mo' Better Blues
1990
6.5/10

Salomé
2013
6.1/10

Macbeth
1971
7.1/10

Take the Lead
2006
6.9/10
Royal Opera House: La Bohème
2009
10/10