Details

The Othello story, how jealousy can undermine even the deepest love. Cyprus, at the end of the 15th century, is an outpost of the Venetian Empire, at war with the Turks. The Governor is the Moor Otello, who has just married Desdemona, the young daughter of a noble Venetian family. This production originated at the Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro. Sung in Italian with English surtitles.

Cast/Performers

Mariella Devia (Desdemona), Bruce Ford (Otello), Juan Diego Florez (Roderigo), Kenneth Tarver (Roderigo 9 / 11 / 15 / 17 Feb), Alastair Miles (Elmiro), Octavio Arevalo (lago), Leah-Marian Jones (Emilia), Robin Leggate (Doge), Timothy Robinson (Lucio), Timothy Robinson (Gondoliere)

Creatives/Company

Music: Rossini
Lyrics: Francesco Maria Berio di Salsi
Company: Royal Opera
Director: Pier Luigi Pizzi
Design: Pier Luigi Pizzi
Conductor: Gianluigi Gelmetti

Otello

Otello (Opera or Operetta) production archive for QTIX code T01786000433. Details of all Otello archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S02067308949

Archive Listings

31 Jan 00
to
17 Feb 00

Royal Opera House
West End, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

Reviews

The Telegraph: 11Jan01:
Luckily for Covent Garden s new computer-impeded scene-shifting system, all the changes are done by hand. The acting is of the semaphore sort: movement is stilted; the sword fights would shame a village hall; and the soloists seem to loath to establish contact with one another.

User Reviews

The Telegraph (11Jan01): Luckily for Covent Garden s new computer-impeded scene-shifting system, all the changes are done by hand. The acting is of the semaphore sort: movement is stilted; the sword fights would shame a village hall; and the soloists seem to loath to establish contact with one another.

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