Released:
1987-04-17

Overview:
This production of Giuseppi Verdi's opera based on Macbeth, the famed play by William Shakespeare, is a musical succès d'estime but falls short in the cinematic arena. Shirley Verrett stars as the murderous and ambitious Lady Macbeth, Leo Nucci co-stars as her similarly ambitious but slightly more scrupulous husband, who has the good grace to feel some horror at his deeds before he does them. The entire opera was filmed inside a Belgian castle, and some of the smaller parts are obviously lip-synched to pre-recorded music.

Director:
Claude d'Anna

Runtime:
2h 13min

Genre:

• Cast:
• 
  Shirley Verrett
  as
  Lady Macbeth
• 
  Leo Nucci
  as
  Macbeth
• 
  Samuel Ramey
  as
  Banco (voice)
• 
  Johan Leysen
  as
  Banco