Verdi: Otello (2008)
Overview
In the 16th century, in Cyprus, at the port of Famagusta, General Otello arrives with his ship after defeating the Turkish navy in the Mediterranean and securing Venetian rule over Cyprus, but jealousy, conspiracy and revenge lead to tragedy. ‘Otello’ is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Arrigo Boito based on William Shakespeare’s ‘Othello, the Moor of Venice’, and premiered on 5 February 1887 at La Scala in Milan. Taken from the ‘Tutto Verdi’ box set of 27 Verdi operas. Recorded live at the Salzburg Festival, 5–10 August 2008.
Cast
Aleksandrs Antonenko
Otello
Marina Poplavskaya
Desdemona
Carlos Álvarez
Jago
Barbara Di Castri
Emilia
Stephen Costello
Cassio
Mikhail Petrenko
Lodovico
Simone del Savio
Montano
Andrea Porta
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