Lady Macbeth

In 1934, he unleashed a sexy thriller of an opera called Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.

Shostakovich Fans Look for Music's Political Meaning 2006

Julia Gillard aka Lady Macbeth has claimed she was just a part-time "typist" in her

LaborConnect 2010

The star of this show was the Russian soprano Tatiana Serjan, who brought incisive power and ferocity to Lady Macbeth, clearly the force behind the throne.

Women on the Verge Of a Marital Breakdown Heidi Waleson 2011

Her mad scene is more Ophelia than Lady Macbeth, nutty rather than guilty.

Michael Giltz: Theater: Brand New Shakespeare, The Scottish Play and Post-Apocalyptic Dancing! Michael Giltz 2011

Fictional characters such as Medea, Elektra, Lady Macbeth, and Marian Paroo all knew how to get results by taking matters into their own hands.

George Heymont: The Myth of the Deadly Diva George Heymont 2012

In the lengthy prelude to her sleepwalking scene, Lady Macbeth crossed the illuminated upper tier.

Women on the Verge Of a Marital Breakdown Heidi Waleson 2011

Dmitri Shostakovich Moscow, Russia, 1934Attacked in a Pravda article as being "chaos instead of music", Lady Macbeth was forgotten until the 1960s, but its vital importance to modern opera is now recognised.

Top 50 operas 2011

Her mad scene is more Ophelia than Lady Macbeth, nutty rather than guilty.

Michael Giltz: Theater: Brand New Shakespeare, The Scottish Play and Post-Apocalyptic Dancing! Michael Giltz 2011

You just don't get the titanic and rounded parts for women like Lady Macbeth, Cleopatra, Beatrice or Portia; characters that escape from stereotype.

Shakespeare gets the starring role in cultural celebration alongside Olympics 2011

More accurately, he despises latency and is always trying to remove it, like Lady Macbeth washing guilt from her hands.

In the Plex Steven Levy 2011