Name: Otello
Start: 2022-07-18
End: 2022-07-18
Location: Royal Opera House

Organization

Sänger

Tenor

Russell Thomas

Othello

Sopran

Hrachuhí Bassénz

Desdemona

Bariton

Christopher Maltman

Jago

Piotr Buszewski

Cassio

Andrés Presno

Roderigo

Bass

Alexander Köpeczi

Ludovico

Blaise Malaba

Montano

Regie

Keith Warner

Dirigat

Antonio Pappano

Lichtgestaltung

Bruno Poet

Kostümbild

Kaspar Glarner

Bühnenbild

Boris Kudlička

Bühnenkampf

Ran Arthur Braun

Movement director

Michael Barry

Daniele Rustioni

Chordirektion

William Spaulding

Dawid Kimberg

Ein Herold

Mezzosopran

Monika-Evelin Liiv

Emilia

Royal Opera House

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Others

Chorus of the Royal Opera House

Italienisch

Otello -  (Othello)

London

Vereinigtes Königreich

Main Stage

Otello Verdi

Public

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Genehmigt

Antonio Pappano conducts a new production of Verdi’s thrilling Shakespeare-inspired opera directed by Keith Warner, starring Jonas Kaufmann and Gregory Kunde...

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann and conductor Antonio Pappano reveal the musical secrets of Verdi's opera Otello, and what makes it such a challenge for singers. Find out more at www.roh.org.uk/otello

Otello is Verdi’s final tragedy. After astonishing productivity in his early career, the composer slowed in later life; more than fifteen years separate Otello and its predecessor, Aida, although Verdi revised his earlier works Simon Boccanegra and Don Carlo in the interim. He was lured out of retirement by the composer and librettist Arrigo Boito, who tempted him with a proposal that was very close to Verdi’s heart: Shakespeare’s Othello. Boito adapted the libretto from Shakespeare’s play, with much intervention from Verdi. As the latest utterance from the master of Italian opera, the 1887 premiere was an instant success – but, more than that, Otello has been an important part of the international opera repertory ever since.

The Italian musical landscape had changed during Verdi’s period of isolation, with many of his compatriots finding inspiration in foreign operatic innovations. Verdi responds in Otello with music that looks back to the traditional forms and structures of Italian opera, but which carries an unmistakably different dramatic thrust and fluidity, in response to Shakespeare’s text. The results are thrilling: from the violent storm that opens the opera through to Iago’s blood-chilling Credo and Otello’s increasingly desperate duets with Desdemona. Keith Warner (Wozzeck, Der Ring des Nibelungen) directs a new production of this masterpiece, The Royal Opera’s first in 30 years.

Jonas Kaufmann and Antonio Pappano on the musical secrets of Verdi's Otello (The Royal Opera)

Verdi’s Shakespeare-inspired penultimate opera marks the culmination of the composer’s genius, and is one of the most powerful works in the repertory. The perfect marriage of music and drama, with scenes ranging from the grand and ceremonial to those of exquisite intimacy, Otello charts the fall of an all-powerful leader from the radiance of power to the darkness of deluded jealousy. American tenor Russell Thomas takes on the title role for which he is becoming increasingly renowned, alongside Armenian soprano Hrachuhí Bassénz as Desdemona and British baritone Christopher Maltman as Otello’s nemesis Iago. Daniele Rustioni conducts this revival of Keith Warner’s brooding and insightful production.

English

Othello by Verdi, Mo. 18 Juli 2022, Ab (2022/2022), Unter der Regie von Keith Warner,, Dirigat Antonio Pappano, Daniele Rustioni, Royal Opera House, London, Vereinigtes Königreich

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