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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Silverman

Louisa Proske’s Met debut will be ‘Macbeth,’ ‘a terrifying tale for terrifying times’

Louisa Proske Portrait Session - (2026 Invision)

It’s less than a 40-minute walk uptown to the Metropolitan Opera House from where Heartbeat Opera got its humble start in a yoga studio. But for Louisa Proske, it’s been an artistic journey years in the making.

Proske, who co-founded the scrappy company in 2014, is making her Met debut in the highest-profile assignment imaginable: opening the season directing a new production of Verdi’s “Macbeth” with an all-star cast.

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