![]() And I’m not just talking about sex, you know? I’m talking about the things we want the most. is desire - that feeling deep in your gut of just really wanting something.įor the next ten episodes, every aria we explore will show us one facet of desire. ![]() One of the emotions that comes up over and over again in opera… and in life. Now that we’re starting up a new season, I’ve been thinking about what makes great arias so powerful, and I think a big part of it is that they tap into our strongest emotions. GIDDENS: From WQXR and the Metropolitan Opera, this is Aria Code. I mean, that’s the only way I could find to play her.ĭAME JUDI: So there are many reasons to play her as a villain but my overall vision is not to excuse her in any way or her behavior.ĭAME JUDI: But just, I mean that you know, great love can drive you insane. There are some people who live through somebody they love. I think her ambition is entirely for him. I didn't think that was so, and I planned that I would make her somebody who's so absolutely mad about her husband, that that if he was promised something and wanted it then she would do everything in her power to make it happen. So it's just like, how do you start with Lady Macbeth? Where you go with her?ĭAME JUDI: It's usually kind of agreed that she's a monster of some kind. ![]() GIDDENS: It's an absolutely stunning scene, and your intensity in that scene is just so deep. GIDDENS: I’ve seen a clip of you doing the sleepwalking scene, and I would guess it's the Royal Shakespeare Company version ? GIDDENS: And you know, you know a little bit about Lady Macbeth and…ĭAME JUDI: I know a bit about her. For every episode we focus on one aria, and we're focusing on Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking scene. My name is Rhiannon, and I host a podcast on opera called Aria Code. GIDDENS: Well, thank you so much for taking the time. Would this perhaps be Dame Judi Dench that I'm talking to?
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