About "Shakespeare's MacBeth, a rock opera" with Greg Cherone and Robert Clapp, Jr.
Episode Description
Culture Matters in Malden host Ose Schwab converses with musicians Greg Cherone and Robert Clapp, Jr. about "Shakespeare’s MacBeth, a rock opera,” produced in collaboration with John Bettencourt.
Cherone and Clapp share about the origins of this idea, how it came together, and snippets of the music featuring an impressive roster of local and international performing artists. Their hope is to workshop the opera and stage it this year.
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SONG CLIPS FEATURED IN THE PODCAST:
- A Dangerous Thing
- All My Pretty Ones
- Pouring Rain
- Rinse Away
- Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
- If We Should Fail
- Requiem for a Tyrant
- Tomorrow
- Windswept Prophecies
LINKS:
- Greg Cherone on YouTube
- Robert Clapp Jr on YouTube
- Greg Cherone on Instagram
- Robert Clapp and Greg Cherone Play list
CAST LIST:
- MACBETH- ROBERT CLAPP JR
- LADY MACBETH- LAURA WRIGHT
- MACDUFF- CHARLIE BONNIN
- WEYWARD SISTER- ABIGAIL STRICKLAND
- BANQUO-GREEN
- KING DUNCAN- RICK BERLIN
- PRINCE MALCOLM- DAVE MUNRO
- ROSS- JEFF MUNRO
- PORTER- RICHARD SAUNDERS
- OLD MAN- JIMMY ROGERS
- FLEANCE- JONATHAN CLAPP
- YOUNG SIWARD- ADDISON CLAPP
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