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Macbeth
By Giuseppe Verdi. Directed by Jonathan Khuner. Produced by Berkeley Opera at Julia Morgan Theater, April 2005. Artist Ariel did most of the artwork for the projections, and also designed the production.
There were two projectors mounted high on a central platform. The screens (2nd image below), trapezoidal for a forced-perspective effect, were angled to face the projectors, and so were somewhat oblique to the audience. The stage right screen was subdivided into two screens, which could display two halves of the same image or two different images. The orchestra and chorus were on the stage behind a low divider, with the action taking place downstage.
The bold production concept featured designs by artist Ariel in projections by Jeremy Knight. Many of the projections were brilliant: in the sleepwalking scene, for example, we were shown a claw-like gloved hand adorned with blood-red jewels that looked almost like boils. Images from a medieval tapestry accompanied Duncan's arrival at Macbeth's castle.
—Michael Zwiebach, San Francisco Classical Voice
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