Verdi: Otello

Synopsis

Like an outcry the elemental force of the orchestra shatters the silence, the storm on the coast of Cyprus rages incessantly. The wind whips, lightening cuts through the roaring skies. As Othello, the great general and commander becomes entangled in Iago's web of machinations; as the calamitous seed of jealousy germinates and Othello's love for his wife Desdemona begins to decay, even on their wedding day; as Desdemona, "nevertheless insists, although she senses or feels that this harm comes her way, and that Othello in his jealousy is really capable of killing her" (Amélie Niermeyer) – with his Otello Verdi created an operatic drama, the likes of which had never before been so tight, so direct, so intensive and so beautiful, and still today unmatched.

Main Cast

Jonas Kaufmann

Otello

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Gerald Finley

Jago

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Anja Harteros

Desdemona

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Evan LeRoy Johnson

Cassio

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Galeano Salas

Roderigo

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Rachael Wilson

Emilia

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Kirill Petrenko

Conductor

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Original Music Composer	Giuseppe Verdi
	Conductor	Kirill Petrenko
Writing	Writer	Arrigo Boito
	Original Story	William Shakespeare
Directing	Stage Director	Amélie Niermeyer
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