一生钟情于莎翁戏剧的意大利音乐家朱塞佩·威尔第,自歌剧《麦克白》始,创作风格以其音乐真正触动到深层心理为转折,继令人神往地创作了《奥瑟罗》《福斯塔夫》之后,终因力有不逮没能实现《李尔王》的歌剧创作。他遗憾地对年轻的音乐家马斯卡尼说:“李尔王发现自己身处荒野的那一幕太悲惨了,震慑住了我。”一向抨击莎翁崇拜者的萧伯纳也曾发问:“再没有人能写出比《李尔 Giuseppe Verdi, an Italian musician devoted to Shakespeare in his life, started his opera ”Macbeth.“ His style of writing touched upon the profound psychology of his music. ”After“ Falstaff, ”the end result of his inability to achieve“ King Lear ”opera creation. Regrettably, he said to the young musician Musciani: “King Lear found himself in the wilderness that scene was so miserable that it deterred me.” George Bernard Shaw, who had always attacked Shakespeareans, also asked: “Nobody can write more than” Lear