Organization

Conductor

Conductor (+2)

Gianandrea Noseda

Orchestra

National Symphony Orchestra, US

Washington National Opera (The Kennedy Center)

Chorus

Concert Choir of University of Maryland (UMD School of Music)

Children's Chorus of Washington

Tenor (+2)

Arsen Soghomonyan

Otello

Soprano

Erika Grimaldi

Desdemona

Baritone (+1)

Roman Burdenko

Iago

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Jennifer Johnson Cano

Emilia

Tenor (+1)

Francesco Marsiglia

Cassio

Aaron Crouch

Rodrigo

Bass-baritone (+3)

Christian Simmons

The Doge

Baritone (+2)

Jonathan Patton

Montano

Baritone (+3)

Rob McGinness

A Herald

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

The Choral Arts Society of Washington

Gianandrea Noseda speculates that his artistic personality combines “German richness and precision, Russian dark sound and storytelling, and the spirit and cantabile of Italianità. And that dark Russian sound can bring Italian opera to life.”

Experience the thunderous music of Otello in the hands of our opera-loving Music Director. Verdi’s score offers a thrilling exploration of uncontrolled human emotion at its most extreme. Hailed as a pinnacle of Italian operatic repertoire, Verdi’s transformation of the Shakespeare play was described by The New York Times as an “ascent towards a higher musical plane” following its 1887 premiere at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala.

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