Organization

Festival O

Conductor

Corrado Rovaris

Stage director

Emilio Sagi

Set designer

Daniel Bianco

Lighting designer

Eduardo Bravo

Costume designer

Gabriela Salaverri

Chorus master

Elizabeth Braden

Singer

Tenor

Khanyiso Gwenxane

Otello

Lawrence Brownlee

Rodrigo

Soprano

Daniela Mack

Desdemona

Bass

Alek Shrader

Jago

Mezzo-soprano

Sun-Ly Pierce

Emilia

Christian Pursell

Elmiro

Aaron Crouch

Un gondoliere

Daniel tenor Taylor

Lucio

Colin Doyle

Doge

Javier Ulacia

Opera Philadelphia

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Opera Philadelphia Orchestra

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Philadelphia

United States

Academy of Music

Otello Rossini

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Private

English

Approved

Rossini's rarely performed version of Shakespeare's tragedy comes to Opera Philadelphia for the first time in a critically acclaimed production by Spanish director Emilio Sagi (Tancredi 2017). Set in the 1920s, with elegant costumes and scenery evocative of the gilded world of Downton Abbey, Sagi's production puts a unique focus on the character of Desdemona, a woman whose acts of both rebellion and loyalty position her as more than just a symbol of lost innocence, but as the moral center of a changing world.

As in Shakespeare's play, Desdemona defies her father, Emilio, and marries his enemy Otello rather than the nobleman Rodrigo. Their love is undone by the vengeful Iago, who is also in love with Desdemona and plots to convince Otello that his wife has been unfaithful.

Otello by Rossini, From (2022/2022), Directed by Emilio Sagi, Javier Ulacia,, Conductor Corrado Rovaris, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, United States

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