James R. Oestreich: The Lady Is a Villain and the Trappings Are Chinese

From the New York Times:

Verdi’s “Macbeth” was never like this. Here, too, the story is Shakespeare’s, more or less, but the trappings are vintage Chinese.

“The Kingdom of Desire,” which opened at the Spoleto Festival U.S.A. on Thursday evening, is an adaptation of “Macbeth” in the style of Beijing opera by the Contemporary Legend Theater of Taiwan.