Shakespeare's Macbeth.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: ENTERTAINMENT - William Shakespeare - Brief article

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This month the Anchorage Opera is staging the Alaska premiere of Guiseppe Verdi's "Macbeth," based on William Shakespeare's tragic play. Shows are set for Feb. 18, 22, 24 and 26 at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts' Discovery Theatre.

"Macbeth" features a Scottish warrior's ambition for power, blood-thirsty actions and the subsequent inner turmoil for the characters. Shakespeare includes some supernatural elements to advance the drama. The opera will be sung in Italian with English subtitles.

Yoshi Tanakura designed the sets for "Macbeth," said Kate Schwarzer, Anchorage Opera's patron services manager and marketing and education coordinator. Tanakura also designed the sets for Anchorage Opera's "La Boheme," "Eugene Onegin," "Don Pasquale, "Madame Butterfly" and other Anchorage Opera productions...