  We show that the action of classical operators associated to the Macdonald
polynomials on the basis of Schur functions, S_{\lambda}[X(t-1)/(q-1)], can be
reduced to addition in \lambda-rings. This provides explicit formulas for the
Macdonald polynomials expanded in this basis as well as in the ordinary Schur
basis, S_{\lambda}[X], and the monomial basis, m_{\lambda}[X].
