Music · Austria · 2008 · 2h 23m

Verdi: Otello

Director

Cast

Aleksandrs Antonenko as Otello Marina Poplavskaya as Desdemona Carlos Álvarez as Jago Barbara Di Castri as Emilia Stephen Costello as Cassio Antonello Ceron as Roderigo

Crew

Giuseppe Verdi — Original Music Composer Arrigo Boito — Writer Emma Ryott — Costume Design

Synopsis

From the ‘Tutto Verdi’ series: "Otello", Salzburg Festival 2008. "Otello" is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, inspired by Shakespeare’s play "Othello". It is Verdi’s penultimate opera, premiered at La Scala in Milan on 5 February 1887. For the 2008 Salzburg Festival, Riccardo Muti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. He directs the Vienna State Opera Chorus and the Salzburg Festival Children’s Choir.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Peter Schönhofer Director Stephen Langridge Director Giuseppe Verdi Original Music Composer Arrigo Boito Writer Emma Ryott Costume Design

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