MACBETH - Sleepwalking scene (Shirley Verrett)

From the movie of Claude D'Anna (1986), conductor Riccardo Chailly.

[@colettebusquet4091]

As already said : Shirley Verrett is THE LADY MACBETH forever... here the perfection is reached "rarissime" I have this DVD of course staging is very hard to watch at but the Middle age life was like that and the exceptional cast makes the success of this masterpiece 💕🎶💕

[@angelonardella9771]

Che brava Lady Macbeth è la Verrett!!! Anzi, bravissima!!!

[@veronicamelendez8102]

Immensa...unica ....meravigliosa...diva....non bastano gli aggettivi per descrivere la sua grandezza 🙏❤️👑

[@jamesa0330]

I’ve never seen this clip until now vive always loved her in this role. Brava diva. RIP.

[@joliegarrett]

It's rare that the quality of the acting matches that of the voice in opera. Her acting is superb and is perfectly matched with that glorious soprano of hers. She OWNS this scene!

[@TheWiseMonkey8888]

2:01, 4:14, 10:49 &11:14... Yeah Dude!!!

[@stefanodiroma06]

Et la diction est parfaite!

[@secretofsinging]

Not only is/was Shirley a GREAT singer...AND.. a beautiful, intelligent AND lovely human....BRAVISSIMA DIVA!!!! What a voice...and phrasing..incomparabile!!!

[@esterbruno8604]

Qui la Verrett ha raggiunto lo stato di grazia. 😻

[@hubertfriperson8429]

Her voice and acting 😍👌superb. Love 💘 her.

[@giuseppinascapparone5912]

Per me la migliore Lady !!! Impressionante Verrett, bravissima!!!

[@skyhunk]

Verrett was matchless in vocal technique and interpreting her roles. So much empathy required to FEEL the role she was singing! A very moving performance! And done with such an amazing voice! Brava!

[@josephmosikili1902]

Shirley Verrette is so rich in phrasing...

[@Hako2004]

Bravissima. No one emoted more instinctively through a character than Verrett. Tremendous voice and presence. RIP.

[@michaelbrodsky1221]

Wonderful performance, wonderful conducting. Thank you so much.

[@richardk8821]

What an amazing singer AND actress Miss Verrett was! Thank you for posting this.

[@misteropera5657]

THE BEST LADY MACBETH.....BRAVA VERRETT.....

[@dirkadriaan6019]

The prelude to the sleepwalking scene is just a amazing piece of music! It sets the scene.

[@iomintonoconte]

La perfezione!

[@catherinerolin3014]

J'ai joué dans ce film, ainsi que toute ma famille!❤

[@scoobidoo9112]

She owned this role. They called Verrett "La Nere Callas". RIP my star. Your voice will always be remembered and beloved.

[@TheWiseMonkey8888]

0:00 - 3:19 ... i love the intro music...

[@Shahrdad]

After Callas's unmatched, standard-setting performance, Verrett was the greatest Lady, and certainly the greatest Lady of her generation.

[@dudeforcaster8630]

@@Shahrdad You Callas queens never give it a rest, do you?

[@fideliofidelio1222]

@@dudeforcaster8630 I agree that that a rest should be given , but Verret herself in her book says Callas talent made her understand what opera is about , when she saw her (Callas ) debut in Norma at the met in 1956 ...Read Verret's book ... This doesn't diminish Verrett Huge talent at all...

[@ReGremlin]

If the language you've just botched happens to be Italian then it should be "La Callas Nera".

[@musicminds91]

What a wondrous lower chest voice!

[@Paulkazey1]

Miss Verret was wonderful

[@josephhapp9]

Superb!!!!! VOICE. A miracle of sound in this brilliant film version. For live we can watch her Sing and act Delilah with Domingo as Samson San Francisco production.

[@peterdevita6308]

Shirley Verrett is actually a NATURAL MEZZO - in mid career she started to switch from mezzo to soprano roles and then back to mezzo. She was perfect, in any case in both............even doing un unbelievable NORMA at the MET.

[@numetutelare]

She was a great Falcon ...

[@boristemkin]

Brava!

[@veronicamelendez8102]

Divina immensa❤️🙏👑

[@julioklastornick3642]

PERFECTLY BEAUTIFUL!

[@brynjarhoff-lr6hw]

As a operafantast it is a chame I dident follow Shirley Verrett more close. She was and is Fantastic!!! Forgive me LADY VERRETT!! With great respect….Brynjar Hoff

[@Mimi-ey5ej]

Her Scala performances were amazing, but this is where La Divina has to move her butt over a bit on the throne and share it with Shirley!

[@bettyeldridge2084]

Perfect.

[@corneliusbates460]

Maria Callas passed the torch to Verret. She was an actress who sang opera

[@fideliofidelio1222]

You said it dear !!!

[@janm.c.munich3513]

Callas blablabla.

[@veronicamelendez8102]

Che meraviglia...viva verdi 👑❤️🙏

[@veronicamelendez8102]

Ineguagliabile...divina❤️👑

[@stefanodiroma06]

Verrettissima!

[@secretofsinging]

Thank you so much for posting this !!!!!

[@oooooo2062]

Soberbia!!!! Te amo Shirley Verrett

[@verak66]

Easily the best I've heard. Exquisite.

[@user-bq5yz1pr2e]

What a difference to the 2023 Salzburg Macbeth !!!

[@franckranaivo666]

❤🌼🌸🌻🇻🇦🍋💛✝️💛🍋🇻🇦🌻🌸🌼❤⛑✒📃📚💮🦊🎶🪅💒🎶🌺🐈‍⬛🎶🤗🌻🇻🇦🌻🍋🦁🌿🇲🇬🫂🇲🇬🌿🏵🇻🇦🍋✝️🍋🇻🇦🧭🥰🌿💛💮🎶✒📃⛑🌸🌼💐❤🌸🙋‍♂️

[@artdanks]

I love Verrett, and her Lady Macbeth. She is the only Lady I have heard who I can put on the same level as Callas in this role. That being said, this movie version is a huge disappointment. The very fact that the sound track was pre-recorded, with the filming being a lip syncing to her own recording takes away from both her phenomenal voice and her tremendous acting ability. The true magic of opera is the ability to display great drama thru the combined idiom of singing and acting all merged into one. The true greatest artists that achieved this ability were La Callas and La Verrett. But the making of this movie unfortunately separated those two phenomenal talents of Verrett, basically destroying the entire ethos. Don't get me wrong. She still sounds amazing, and is still an amazing actress here. But in this particular venue, the 2 are no longer one and the same. We miss out on the true greatness that was La Verrett.

[@MrFalconford]

Thank you for your opinion dear Art Danks, but in my opinion I have not missed out on anything but have been privileged to own this recording and acting interpretation, thank you Shirley Verrett.

[@paragod333]

Better than Callas could ever be

[@veronicamelendez8102]

Stunning 🙏❤️👑

[@ESilva-gw9ig]

She is wonderful, as are all the singers on this film. Pity the production, far beyond what one would expect for an opera movie. The film is a blue thing from begining to end.

[@noellesaissi2255]

Quelle horreur ce décor et pourtant j´adore cet opéra mais pas comme cela on se croirait au temps de la préhistoire ! Ou est le château écossais ?🤮🤮

[@user-ct6yd2qu4p]

Гениально

[@veronicamelendez8102]

Che dire....unica 👅🤣

[@stefanovizioli]

but the dama di compagnia è la ANTONACCI??? :))

[@mariomazzi7894]

Bravissimal! But the rats on the table!!!!

[@ricoucou6606]

Callas Verrett ! Verrett Callas ! des sommets inégalés!!!......

[@janm.c.munich3513]

Who gives a shit about Callas? No one apart from you pathetic opera queens who always sit in the cheap seats hidden behind a pillar.