Taddei's great performance with serious intubating tones,very deep and credible. Amy Shuard very penetrating, versatile, with many harmonics exceptionally in "La luce langue". Previtali, with the exception of some irregularities in the first act, led well with the support and highlighting of the moments of tension. Almost good sound considering it was live.Thank a lot again Operadepot!

Taddei and Shuard are both very fine here. He manages to convey the more introspective aspects of the role while singing with full, passionate involvement. Shuard is a terrific Lady, singing the arias with conviction and skill. Her sleepwalking scene is harrowing. She sticks to the notes, but invests them with specificity. All right, she doesn't try the written D-flat; you can hear that elsewhere (she does sing it in the performance with Gobbi from Covent Garden a few years earlier, but fudges it slightly. She probably didn't want to risk that again.)Wildermann was always good. I've never heard him give less than excellent performance of whatever he was singing. Prevedi is a fine Macduff. The role lay in the best part of his voice and his aria is one of the highlights of the performance. The other singers are very good, Carmen Morra as the Lady-in-Waiting in particular. She and Shuard give us a thrilling joint top C in the first act finale. Previtali's conducting is rather routine, but he doesn't get in the way of his singers. He also makes fewer cuts than usual. The audience is very enthusiastic, granting the singers long ovations in the middle of the performance.Good broadcast stereo sound though the transfer level is quite low. You'll need to turn up the volume a bit. A worthy addition to anyone's collection of live Verdi performances!

A very god live performance

The great Taddei was scandalously neglected by the record companies. This powerful portrayal of Macbeth certainly does him justice helped by the superb conducting of Previtali and the magnificent Shuard. Luckily I heard these two together in these roles at Covent Garden in 1960 and they are caught at their best here with an excellent supporting cast, chorus and orchestra. The recording quality it very good indeed. For once the ecstatic audience reaction is entirely warranted.