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Effie Papanikolaou

is Associate Professor of Musicology at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She leads all pre-performance talks for the Toledo Opera productions.
Verdi's Macbeth: "The opera without a love affair!"
Title page with Macbeth and witches
Shakespeare and Beyond

Verdi's Macbeth: "The opera without a love affair!"

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Effie Papanikolaou

Macbeth posta in musica da Giuseppe Verdi e per grata memoria dedicato al suo amatissimo suocero Antonio Barezzi Riduzione per Pianoforte solo de E. Muzio. . 1847. FOLGER 266549“L’opera senza amore!” That was the Italians’ reaction to Verdi’s Macbeth when…