MUSIC

Opera singer Shirley Verrett’s Rome debut as Lady Macbeth ended in boos and jeers after she was forced to quit in the first act because of a throat ailment. The performance Sunday at Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera ended with spectators shouting for their money back. The audience grew boisterous, and conductor Giuseppe Patane stopped the show and called for quiet. After Verrett struggled through a duet with Renato Bruson, the audience protested again and the show was canceled. Verrett skipped the opening last week of Verdi’s “Macbeth” because an inflammation of the throat.