The "Curse" of Macbeth

[davewitley]

Caius Marcius wrote:

> The "curse" seems to extend to Verdi's 1847 operatic version as 
well. 
> In 1988, a Texaco Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Verdi's Macbeth 
was 
> broken off when an elderly man seated in the balcony made a fatal 
leap 
> into the orchestra pit. 

I would have thought that being part of something that conjoins the 
words 'Texaco' and 'Opera' is a fate so dismal that a mere 
supernatural curse can't hope to compete.

David