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Mar 8, 2012 · With John Osborn, Cecilia Bartoli, Peter Kálmán, Javier Camarena. The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with her suitor Rodrigo when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
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Otello is an opera in three acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Francesco Berio di Salsa after William Shakespeare's play Othello, or The Moor of Venice; it was premiered in Naples, Teatro del Fondo, 4 December 1816.
Gioachino Rossini’s Otello returns to the place of ist premiere 200 years ago in the inspired staging of director Amos Gitai at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. The stellar vocal cast is led by John Osborn, who shines in the highly difficult title role, and Nino Machaidze as outstanding Desdemona.
May 6, 2014 · Composed relatively early in Rossini's career (in 1816, Rossini was 24), Otello was an enormously popular opera throughout the 19th century. Between it's premier in 1816 and the late 1870s, it was performed repeatedly from St. Petersburg to Mexico City and most stops in between.
Rossini: Otello - Classics Today. Robert Levine. Artistic Quality: 8. Sound Quality: 9. This is an odd performance. Despite mid-level singing mostly by voices that are not world-class, it has a little-engine-that-could way about it that makes it work as an evening at the theatre.
Mar 8, 2012 · All about Movie: directors and actors, reviews and ratings, trailers, stills, backstage. The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that...
From the Opernhaus Zürich: Gioachino Rossini's Otello - Ossia il moro de Venezia, starring Cecilia Bartoli, John Osborn, Peter Kalman, Javier Camarena and others.
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