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OTELLO saved by the performers at the MET

REVIEW BY TIZIANO THOMAS DOSSENA This ostensibly new production (it started in September of last year) of Verdi’s Otello at the Metropolitan Opera could have been the greatest pleasant surprise if only… Well, that is not how I would want … Continue reading

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Otello at the MET

New Production Sep 21 2015- May 6 2016 Director Bartlett Sher’s new production of Verdi’s masterful Otello, which opened the Met season last September, returns for a second run, with Aleksandrs Antonenko in the title role and Željko Lučić as … Continue reading

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Rossini’s Otello in Vienna

Rossini wrote Otello in 1816, between Il barbiere di Siviglia and La Cenerentola, as a commission for the royal theatre in Naples. Anyone expecting a faithful musical rendition of Shakespeare – as Lord Byron did – was in for a … Continue reading

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Otello at the National Theatre in Prague

Libretto: Arrigo Boito Musical preparation: Heiko Mathias Förster Conductor: Martin Leginus Stage director: Dominik Neuner Stage director for the renewed production: Lubor Cukr Sets: Vladimír Nývlt Costumes: Josef Jelínek Chorus master: Adolf Melichar Dramaturgy: Jitka Slavíková State Opera Orchestra State … Continue reading

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Otello at the National Theatre in Prague

The National Thatre of Prague presents: OTELLO Music: Giuseppe Verdi Libretto: Arrigo Boito Musical preparation: Heiko Mathias Förster Conductor: Martin Leginus Stage director: Dominik Neuner Stage director for the renewed production: Lubor Cukr Sets: Vladimír Nývlt Costumes: Josef Jelínek Chorus … Continue reading

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Roberto Alagna will be Otello at the ‘Chorégies d’Orange’

By Natalia DiBartolo In the career of an Opera singer, the genesis of a character is not immediate, and the maturation of a role can mobilize a lifetime, not just a voice. The human voice is the most delicate and … Continue reading

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Gioachino Rossini’s “Otello” in Belgium

VLAAMSE OPERA presents: Otello Gioachino Rossini (1792 – 1868) From 07/02/2014 in Antwerp – from 28/02/2014 in Ghent     Musical direction: Alberto Zedda / Ryuichiro Sonoda Director: Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier Otello: Gregory Kunde Desdemona: Carmen Romeu Elmiro … Continue reading

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Otello at the Lithuanian National Opera

Giuseppe Verdi OTELLO an opera in 4 acts (2 parts), sung in Italian with Lithuanian and English surtitles November 14, 2013 January 25, 2014 February 4, 2014 March 1, 2014 April 17, 2014 Music Director and Conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius Conductor … Continue reading

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Opera as a Graphic Novel: Otello.

Otello as a graphic novel, Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello is about to become a graphic novel. “We are not talking about a simplified version of the opera” explains Aldo Sisillo, the director of the Fondazione Teatro … Continue reading

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