(Photo credit: Daniele Ratti)

On April 23, 2026 at 8:45 p.m. Italian time, Rai Cinque is set to present Verdi’s “Macbeth” from the Teatro Regio di Torino.

The production, which was shown in February 2026, was directed by Chiara Muti and conducted by Riccardo Muti.

The production starred Luca Micheletti, Lidia Fridman, Maharram Huseynov, and Giovanni Sala.

When the production premiered critics said, “Fridman sang the role in excellent Italian, similarly bringing out so much insight in her use of the text..Fridman pulled the tone back in her sleepwalking scene and sustained the treacherous ascent to the high D-flat impressively” while “Micheletti brought his customary textual awareness to the title role.  He manages more than any other singer to really bring out Macbeth’s journey in the eloquence of his diction.”