““Is this a dagger which I see before me?””
Piero Cappuccilli and Shirley Verrett lead Verdi’s sombre masterpiece, drawn from one of Shakespeare’s most celebrated tragedies. Filmed for television at Teatro alla Scala in 1979, Claudio Abbado conductes a night to remember.
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Piero Cappuccilli
Macbeth
Also in
Il Trovatore - Verdi
Andrea Chenier
Shirley Verrett
Lady Macbeth
Also in
Samson et Dalila
Meyerbeer: L'Africaine
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Banco
Also in
Aida
La Boheme
Stefania Malagú
Dama di Lady Macbeth
Also in
The Barber of Seville
Otello
Veriano Luchetti
Macduff, nobile scozzese
Known for
Fitzcarraldo
Antonio Savastano
Malcolm, figlio di Duncano
Also in
Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra
Giovanni Foiani
Medico
Carlo Meliciani
Domestico di Macbeth
Also in
La Traviata
La Bohème
Giuseppe Morresi
Sicario
Also in
La Bohème - Teatro alla Scala
I Vespri Siciliani
Alfredo Giacomotti
Prima apparizione (voice)
Also in
La Bohème
Milena Pauli
Seconda apparizione (voice)
Also in
Madama Butterfly
Enrico Mazzola
Terza apparizione (voice)
No other roles listed
Carlo Battistoni Director · Francesco Maria Piave Writer Andrea Maffei Writer
First release June 30, 1979 · Produced in Italy
Production
RAI
Production
Italy
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Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · June 30, 1979
TV
No release date listed for United States.
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