Opera (Melodramma) in four acts
Libretto
Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei after William Shakespeare
Premiere
Original version: 14 March 1847, Florence (Teatro della Pergola)
Revised version: 21 April 1865, Paris (Théâtre Lyrique)
Cast
DUNCAN (silent)
MACBETH (baritone)
BANCO (bass)
LADY MACBETH (soprano)
LADY MACBETH's LADY-IN-WAITING (mezzo-soprano)
MACDUFF (tenor)
MALCOLM (tenor)
DOCTOR (bass)
MACBETH's SERVANT (bass)
ASSASSIN (bass)
CHORUS
witches, king's messangers, Scottish noblemen and exiles, assassins, English soldiers, bards, aerial spirits
Place
Scotland, Macbeth's castle
Time
Middle of the 11th century