Macbeth

The Atlanta Opera

Macbeth

The Atlanta Opera

Tuesday Mar. 4 / 2025 7:30 PM Buy Tickets
Friday Mar. 7 / 2025 8:00 PM Buy Tickets
Sunday Mar. 9 / 2025 3:00 PM Buy Tickets

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Librettists: Francesco Maria Piave & Andrea Maffei
Based on: Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Premiere Performance: Mar 14, 1847—Florence, Italy, Teatro della Pergola

A powerful and emotional work, Macbeth is the opera Giuseppe Verdi declared to be “unlike any other!” No love story here … just a darkly riveting scramble to grab power at any cost. Dominating the drama, Michael Mayes as Macbeth and Sara Gartland as Lady Macbeth bring their passionate and dramatic voices to this tightly paced work of magnificent music. This is the second of our series of operas based on the works of Shakespeare.

An opera in four acts
Performed in Italian with English supertitles

Performance runtime: approximately 2 hours, 55 minutes
Act I: 50 minutes | Act II: 35 minutes | Intermission: 25 minutes | Act III: 25 minutes | Act IV: 40 minutes

Group Information: The Atlanta Opera has a lot to offer groups and corporate partners. Whether you are booking mainstage tickets for a school, a corporate event, seniors, or sororities, groups of 10 or more can enjoy special benefits and pricing,

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