Opera Scotland

Macbeth 1998Haddo House Choral & Operatic Society

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Following the exertions of the previous operatic production, Otello, staged two years earlier, the 52nd season's offering was a return to the familiar (even if it was nearly thirty years since the last Haddo staging of Macbeth).

However a new translation was used, by Jeremy Sams, and new talent appeared, in the form of Canadian baritone turned director, Mark Tinkler. There was a second unfamiliar baritone, Mark Holland, taking the title role.