OTELLO (VERDI)

Encore Thurs, Jan 8 at 7 pm

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Verdi’s last tragic opera OTELLO, like Shakespeare’s play, is a shattering psychological drama. The new production for the Salzburg Festival was directed by Stephen Langridge, who in 2006 attracted attention with his production of Offenbach’s Bluebeard in Bregenz. Riccardo Muti, one of the best Verdi conductors of our time, returned to Salzburg for the production. Alongside the Spanish baritone Carlos Álvarez as Jago, two rising international singers of the younger generation can be heard as Otello and Desdemona: the Latvian spinto tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko and the Russian soprano Marina Poplavskaya.

Opera in 4 acts, approx 2h10m. Performed at the Salzburg Festival, August 2008

Music: Giuseppe Verdi; Libretto: Arrigo Boito; Conductor: Riccardo Muti; Directed: Stephen Langridge; Sets: George Souglides; Costumes: Emma Ryott; Lights: Giuseppe Di lorio

Cast - Aleksandrs Antonenko, tenor: Otello; Marina Poplavskaya, soprano: Desdemona; Carlos Alvarez, baritone: Jago; Barbara Di Castri, mezzo-soprano: Emilia; Stephen Costello, tenor: Cassio; Antonello Ceron, tenor: Roderigo; Mikhail Petrenko, bass: Lodovico; Simone Del Savio, bass: Montano

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