Verdi: Macbeth (Act 3)

Описание: I. Coro d'Introduzione-Incantesimo
Scena I – 'Tre volte miagola...' (0:00)
II. Ballo (1865 addition)
Ballet I (3:47)
Ballet II (5:48)
Ballet III (10:57)
III. Gran Scena delle Apparizioni
Scena II – 'Finché appelli...' (13:41)
'Qual concento!' (19:50)
IV. Coro e Ballabille
Scena III – 'Ondine e Silfidi!' – (25:14)
V. Scena e Duetto – Finale Terzo
'Ove son io...?' (29:18)
'Ora di morte...' (31:02)

Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Baritone (Macbeth): Piero Cappuccilli
Bass 1 (Apparizione 1): Alfredo Giacomotti
Soprano 1 (Apparizione 2): Maria Fausta Gallamini
"Soprano 2" (Apparizione 3): Massimo Bortolotti
Bass (Araldo): Sergio Fontana
Soprano 3 (Lady Macbeth): Shirley Verrett
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Synopsis – Act 3

I. A dark cave. In the centre is a boiling cauldron. Thunder and lightning. The Witches cast spells and dance (a three-movement ballet with a mime section for Hecate) (Scene 1). Macbeth comes to ask about his destiny and is shown three apparitions: an armed head (Macbeth himself), a bloody child, and a crowned child holding a bough (Malcolm with the trees of Birnam Wood). Macbeth must beware of Macduff but he cannot be harmed by a man ‘born of woman’, or conquered till Birnam Wood marches against him. Macbeth is at first relieved but is then shown the ghost of Banquo and his descendants, eight future Kings of Scotland, confirming the original prophecy (Scene 2).

II. Macbeth collapses in fear but is rescued and revived by a dance of Spirits of the Air and by the arrival of Lady Macbeth (Scene 3).

**Unfortunately, the videos for Act 4 and the complete opera are blocked due to copyright. I'll leave a link, if someone wants to watch them outside of Youtube:
Act 4: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DnAw...
Complete opera: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DXTA...