Macbeth

Macbeth

Macbeth can also be translated as Macbeth. The four act opera is the tenth opera written by Verdi at the age of 34, written by piaffe. On March 10, 1847, the play made its debut at the pergola theatre in Florence, which was a great success.

Content introduction

The prelude consists of several themes of the play. The theme of the first woodwind ensemble is from the witch scene at the beginning of the third act, and the following passage is also from the ghost music in the same act. The Pathetique melody in the second half is the presentation of the fourth act of Mrs. Macbeth's sleepwalking scene.

Act one

Scene 1: the wilderness near vres

in a wild forest in Scotland, there are thunder and lightning in the dim sky. In the roaring thunder, three groups of witches appear one after another. They were singing incantations, making noise and dancing. At this time, small drums came from behind the stage. Mark white and Ben Ke, two generals of King Duncan of Scotland, passed by. The witches saw it and immediately prophesied to Macbeth, "you will be Lord of Scot, and when you become lord of Scot, you will be king of Scotland." Banco will have children, too. Soon, the king's messenger came and delivered the edict that Macbeth should be appointed Lord of Corte. They were both surprised that the witch's prophecy came true immediately. And Macbeth's heart has been burning up the ambition to ascend the throne.

Scene 2: the hall of Macbeth Castle

Madame Macbeth is reading the letter from her husband, who is now Lord cotter. When she sees the prophecy of the witch mentioned in the letter, she is so ambitious that she can't suppress it and is ready to usurp the throne by any means. It's from reading a letter into a difficult Aria "come here! Light the fire." at this time, the servant came in and reported that King Duncan would visit and spend the night in the castle tonight. When Mrs. Macbeth knew about it, she deliberately induced her husband to murder the king. She yelled "tonight is a good time to assassinate the king" and then sang the running horse song "get up, Hellman". Then Macbeth came back, and his wife whispered to him, "kill the king with this dagger tonight!". Soon, the music of welcome came. Accompanied by general Banco, aristocrat MACDUFF and son Malcolm, King Duncan of Scotland appeared on the stage and walked into the hall. Madame Macbeth told the servant to ring the bell when the feast was ready. At this time, the bloody ghost of dagger appeared in front of Mark's white face. He timidly sang the monologue "the road I saw in my dream, you have to go first" to the sword in the ghost. Doings of ghosts and gods, Mark, and the signal bell rang to tell Macbeth that the Baijiu banquet was ready. But then he walked into the king's bedroom with ghosts and gods. Then Madame Macbeth appeared on the stage. At this time, Macbeth had killed the king in the king's bedroom. She staggered out with a bloody dagger and timidly told his wife the terrible scene of killing the king. It's a duet: "fatalistic wife...". His wife encouraged him and wanted to blame the guards. Macbeth was very afraid and refused to go in again. The fierce lady snatches her husband's dagger, kills the drunken and sleepy guard by herself, and then escapes from the scene with her husband. the successors mark Duff and Banke are on the stage. At this time, the East had turned white, and MACDUFF went into the bedroom to wake up the king, only to find that the king had been killed. He came back in panic and called out. When they heard the news, they all showed fear. Of course, Macbeth and his wife also came. When they heard the news, they all cursed the unknown murderer. They sang the Concerto "open your mouth, hell", and they called for God to punish the killers.

Act two

Scene 1: a room in Macbeth Castle

in the castle, as the witches predicted, Macbeth became king of Scotland, but he was uneasy. He was deeply disturbed by the witches' prediction that Banco would become the father of the king. So his wife instigated him to get rid of both banko and his son in order to avoid future trouble. After her husband left, Madame Macbeth said that in order to keep the throne, all the evil spirits must be killed, singing the gloomy Aria "the light has gradually disappeared".

Scene 2: the park near Macbeth Castle

Late at night, Macbeth's assassins lay in ambush behind the tree, waiting for the bancos and their sons to pass by. At this time, Banke came with his son. He said that Duncan was killed on such a dark and terrible night, so he sang the Aria "the sky seems to be suddenly dark, it's going to rain." Then he wanted to leave quickly, but it was too late. The assassin rushed up and said, "let it go!" Banke was killed, but his young son escaped.

Scene 3: the hall in the castle

In the hall of the castle, there was a feast to celebrate Macbeth's assumption of the throne, and many nobles and knights were invited to attend. Macbeth was singing a drinking song, but he was anxious. At this time, an assassin came to Macbeth and reported that banko had been killed, but his son had escaped. Macbeth was half happy and half worried, but when he wanted to return to his seat, he saw Banco's ghost sitting on the throne with blood stains (no one else could see it, only Macbeth could see it). Macbeth yelled at the ghost and was very frightened. His wife tried hard to calm her husband, while persuading the guests who wanted to leave, she sang "song of cheers". But the ghost appeared again and again, which made Macbeth's mind flustered. He drew his sword to attack, and the whole scene was in a mess immediately. The courtier mark Duff had vaguely seen his flaws. In the duet, Madame Macbeth was not moved, but Macbeth decided to visit the witch again.

Act Three

Scene 1: in the dark cave of witches

The thunderstorm outside the cave is earth shaking. The witches in the cave are boiling evil potions around the big pot. While singing the evil songs and dancing the evil dance, Macbeth came to ask the witch's help. He felt uneasy for his future. He asked the witch to ask the ghost what his future would be like. Three ghosts successively warn him to pay attention to makdoff, and predict that no woman born in October will kill him. Finally, he said, "as long as the forests in Banan do not move, they will not be defeated.". He will keep the glory he has. But Macbeth was not satisfied. He wanted to know whether Banco's son would succeed him. So the witch showed him the visions of eight kings, and the last one was Banco, who held a mirror to show off his descendants. Macbeth fainted in terror. The witches disappear after answering Macbeth's question. At this time, Madame Macbeth came to the cave in search of her husband. Macbeth found his wife by his side. He told her the ghost's prophecy. In order to keep the throne, the couple vowed to exterminate MACDUFF and his family, and to find banko's son.

Act four

Scene 1: the wilderness of Scotland and England

the forest of Barney can be seen in the distance. The Scottish fugitives, who were hunted by Macbeth, were waiting for the day when they could return to their motherland. They sang together "the abused motherland": "the motherland is near...". Then, MACDUFF's castle was burned and his wife and children were killed. While remembering his motherland, he lamented that he had failed to protect them and sang the Aria "ah, father's hands". Lament the tragic fate of Scotland. At this time, Malcolm, the son of Duncan, the former king, led many local soldiers to the city. He ordered to cut down the big trees in the forest inside his chin, hide his body with branches, and move to attack the city. Under the guidance of mamakduv and Malcolm, he sang a morale boosting duet. They swore revenge together.

Scene 2: the hall in Macbeth

Late at night, the doctor talked with the maid. Recently, Madame Macbeth often sleepwalks because of her conscience. As she said, the lady came out as expected. She was wandering in the hall with a candle in her hand and her eyes were dull. Then she rubbed her hands repeatedly to clean the blood stains on her hands. At the same time, he sang the famous aria "disappear, cursed blood spot" of "sleepwalking scene".

Scene 3 a room in Macbeth Castle

When Macbeth learned that Malcolm and the hostile League of England were attacking him, he still believed in the witch's prediction that he was invincible, so he swore, "traitor! I won't lose to you." Sing the Aria "sorrow, honor, love". Mark's white-collar soldiers met, but when he heard the news that his wife had passed away, he was worried. The soldiers came in again to report that the forest in Banan was moving forward, and he was even more frightened. The enemy has come, Macbeth despair of taboo prophecy, crazy cry "is death or victory", and with the soldiers rushed to the battlefield.

Scene 4: the broad flat battlefield surrounded by dense forest

MACDUFF comes to Macbeth. When MACDUFF dueled with him, he revealed that he was his mother's premature child with less than 10 months' gestation. Macbeth was really scared and lost his confidence and courage. MACDUFF took advantage of Macbeth's confusion and killed him. From the back of the stage came the magnificent cheers for victory. Surrounded by the exiles from Scotland and the local soldiers of England, Malcolm appeared on the stage. MACDUFF elected Malcolm as the new king, and everyone sang the joy of victory.

The curtain fell.

Main role

General Macbeth baritone Lady Macbeth soprano bankota general bass MACDUFF Scottish noble tenor Malcolm Duncan King's son tenor maid, doctor, Macbeth's entourage, assassin, Herald, first ghost, second ghost, third ghost, sugran and English soldiers, bodyguards (Chorus)

Performance status

Performance time: Prelude: 3 points, first act: 42 points, second act: 28 points, third act: 18 points (including ballet is 28 points), fourth act: 36 points time: 1040 (History)

Chinese PinYin : Ma Ke Bai