Verdi: Otello

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

N/A

Antonello Ceron

Roderigo

Mikhail Petrenko

Lodovico

Simone del Savio

Montano

Andrea Porta

Un araldo