
Rossini Opera Festival: Otello
Оперный фестиваль Россини: Отелло
Actors
Rodrigo
Crew
Composer
Gioacchino Rossini
Stage Director
Rosetta Cucchi
Conductor
Yves Abel
Set designer
Tiziano Santi
Sculptural Elements
ATELIER DAVIDE DALL’OSSO
Costume designer
Ursula Patzak
Lighting designer
Daniele Naldi
Otello is an opera by Gioachino Rossini based on William Shakespeare’s play Othello. Set in Cyprus, the opera tells the story of the Moorish general Otello, who is manipulated by his ensign Iago into believing that his wife Desdemona is unfaithful. As a result, Otello succumbs to jealousy and murders Desdemona, only to realize too late that he has been duped by Iago. In the end, Otello kills himself in remorse. Rossini’s Otello significantly differs from William Shakespeare’s play (and Verdi’s opera), particularly by elevating the character Rodrigo to a major role alongside Otello and Iago, having earned the work the nickname “opera of the three tenors”. “The three warriors acting out their masculinity are all tenors: Antonino Siragusa gives the scheming Iago in an ingratiating and at the same time sharply determined manner; Enea Scala, on the other hand, impresses as Otello […] Dmitry Korchak impresses above all with “Che ascolto”, his virtuoso aria of despair that gets under the skin.” (Tagesspiegel)
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