EGO is a company increasingly seeking to prove that the words,'amateur' and 'opera' need not be a contradiction in terms.

Edinburgh Grand Opera is back, renewed and revitalised, with an exciting new production of Macbeth, Giuseppe Verdi’s most profound and powerful opera.

Watch Ivor Klayman (who plays Macbeth) perform Pieta, Rispetta, Amore from the show:

Inspired by Shakespeare’s celebrated play, the opera delves into the darkest recesses of human nature, exploring the dictums “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely” and “Great men are almost always bad men”.

The dramatic tension of Macbeth becomes almost unbearable as the eponymous king and his fiendish queen struggle to retain their grip on power. Their unholy alliance with the forces of evil, marks their meteoric rise as well as their cataclysmic fall. Meanwhile, Malcolm and his exiled lords struggle to bring order to chaos.

In Verdi’s own words: “This tragedy is one of the greatest of human creation... Let us, therefore, try to do something out of the ordinary.”

With a new music and production team, managed by Artistic Director, Michael Richardson and Musical Director, Neil Metcalfe, audiences can look forward to great music and drama in equal measure.

“EGO is a company increasingly seeking to prove that the words, ‘amateur’ and ‘opera’ need not be a contradiction in terms.”
Conrad Wilson - The Herald (on EGO’s Turandot, 2003)

Cast information:

Wednesday 26 May & Friday 28 May

Macbeth                Phil Gault
Lady Macbeth      Susan McNaught
Banquo                 Hugh Hillyard Parker
Macduff                 Paul Featherstone

Lady in Waiting     Jennifer Craig
Malcolm                 Joe Earley
Doctor                    Russell Malcolm   

Thursday 27 May & Saturday 29 May

Macbeth                 Ivor Klayman
Lady Macbeth       Christina Dunwoodie
Banquo                  Peter Cannell
Macduff                  Mike Towers

Lady in Waiting     Jennifer Craig
Malcolm                 Joe Earley
Doctor                     Russell Malcolm

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