Name: Otello
Start: 2022-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-07-24T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Opera House

Organization

Cantor

Tenor

Russell Thomas

Otello

Soprano

Hrachuhí Bassénz

Desdêmona

Barítono

Christopher Maltman

Iago

Piotr Buszewski

Cássio

Andrés Presno

Rodrigo

Baixo

Alexander Köpeczi

Ludovico

Blaise Malaba

Montano

Diretor de Palco

Keith Warner

Maestro

Antonio Pappano

Designer de Iluminação

Bruno Poet

Estilista

Kaspar Glarner

Cenógrafo

Boris Kudlička

Mestre de combate de palco

Ran Arthur Braun

Movement director

Michael Barry

Daniele Rustioni

Mestre de Coro

William Spaulding

Dawid Kimberg

Um Arauto

Mezzo-soprano

Monika-Evelin Liiv

Emília

Royal Opera House

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Others

Chorus of the Royal Opera House

italiano

Londres

Reino Unido

Main Stage

Otello Verdi

Public

inglês

Approved

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

Verdi’s Shakespeare-inspired opera Otello plays out the fatal consequences of romantic jealousy. Jonas Kaufmann, Marco Vratogna, Thomas Atkins and the Royal Opera Chorus perform 'Dio fulgor...Esultate!'. To book tickets and find out more, head to https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-ev.... 

Light and dark, good and evil: Keith Warner’s production focuses on the violent conflicts at the core of Otello’s story. Boris Kudlicka’s semi-abstract sets and Kaspar Glarner’s costumes mirror the contrasting innocence of Desdemona and malevolence of Iago. Warner sensitively examines the relationships between Moors, Turks and Westerners in Shakespeare’s time to highlight Otello feeling an outsider in his society, which contributes to his loss of confidence and gradual mental collapse.

Otello was Verdi’s penultimate opera. Although he had claimed to have retired after Aida in 1871, he couldn’t resist the opportunity to set a text by his favourite poet, Shakespeare. His publisher, Giulio Ricordi, suggested he use the writer and composer Arrigo Boito as his librettist. Verdi was delighted by Boito’s subtle and sensitive text, which drew from him some wonderful and varied music. Highlights include Otello and Desdemona’s beautiful Act I love duet, Iago’s nihilistic Act II ‘Credo’, the grandeur of the final scenes of Act III and the terrible intimacy of Act IV from Desdemona’s forebodings to Otello’s crime of passion. Otello had a triumphant premiere in 1887 at La Scala, Milan, and Verdi and Boito went on to collaborate on Verdi’s final operatic masterpiece, Falstaff.

Otello - 'Dio fulgor… Esultate!' (Verdi; Jonas Kaufmann, Vratogna, Atkins; 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.

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