Verdi's Otello
Wed, Dec 3 at 7:30 pm • Leonard Nimoy Thalia |
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Performed at Salzburg Festival 2008
Verdi’s last tragic opera, Otello, like Shakespeare’s play, is a shattering psychological drama. The new production for the Salzburg Festival is 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, is returning to Salzburg. Alongside to 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.
Cast:
Aleksandrs Antonenko (Otello)
Marina Poplavskaya (Desdemona)
Carlos Alvarez (Jago)
Barbara Di Castri (Emilia)
Stephen Costello (Cassio)
Antonello Ceron (Roderigo)
Mikhail Petrenko (Lodovico)
Simone Del Savio (Montano)Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Director: Stephen Langridge
Production Team:
Sets: George Souglides
Costumes: Emma Ryott
Lights: Giuseppe Di lorio
Video: Salzburg Festival Trailer (From Emerging Pictures)
