Verdi's Otello Performances
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- DirectorBrian LargeStarsPlácido DomingoRenée FlemingJames MorrisThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsPlácido DomingoKiri Te KanawaSergei LeiferkusThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- DirectorKirk BrowningStarsJon VickersRenata ScottoCornell MacNeilThe Metropolitan Opera's first live telecast of the 1978-79 season, and the first presentation of Verdi's "Otello" ever on the "Live from the Met" PBS TV series.
- DirectorPeter SchönhoferStarsAleksandrs AntonenkoMarina PoplavskayaCarlos ÁlvarezThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- DirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsSemyon BychkovSondra RadvanovskyStephen GaertnerThe villain Iago plots to ruin the Moorish general Otello. Verdi had to be coaxed out of retirement by his publisher for a new opera; Verdi agreed after meeting librettist Boito, and the two of them settled on Shakespeare for their subject.
- StarsPlácido DomingoMirella FreniPiero CappuccilliThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- DirectorRoger BenamouStarsJon VickersMirella FreniPeter GlossopThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- DirectorGary HalvorsonStarsYannick Nézet-SéguinEric OwensJeffrey MattseyThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- DirectorKirk BrowningStarsPlácido DomingoGilda Cruz-RomoSherrill MilnesPlacido Domingo's first performance of the role on US live TV.
- DirectorFrank ZamaconaStarsJohan BothaZvetelina VassilevaMarco VratognaIn Verdi's masterful adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy, a great warrior discovers the one weapon against which he has no defense-his own jealousy. South African tenor Johan Botha, "endowed with a bright, ringing sound and enough power to project effortlessly even over a full-strength orchestra" (San Francisco Chronicle), sings the title role. Bulgarian soprano Zvetelina Vassileva in her portrayal of Desdemona, the faithful wife who finds facts are no match for manufactured suspicion, "sings with flawless, rich Italianate sound, and graceful phrasing" (San Francisco Classical Voice). Italian baritone Marco Vratogna gives "an arrestingly dark and charismatic" portrait of the villain Iago, with singing that's "beautifully controlled and dramatically on point" (San Francisco Chronicle). Music Director Nicola Luisotti "seems to have been born to conduct Otello. Through the storms, waves of sound, orchestra and chorus joining in raging passages, he maintains flawless momentum and exemplary balance" (San Francisco Examiner). "Red-Hot Otello!" -San Francisco Examiner
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsPlácido DomingoKatia RicciarelliJustino DíazVerdi's famous opera is brought to life in this production. The immortal tale of the noble Moor and his beautiful young wife, and of his lieutenant, whose jealousy and lust for power lead him to commit the ultimate treason.
- DirectorÁdám HorváthStarsJózsef SimándiKatalin PittiGyörgy Melis
- DirectorJonathan HaswellStarsAntonio PappanoSimon ShibambuFrédéric AntounHateful Iago sabotages Otello's marriage, with many tragic results.
- DirectorÁngel Luis RamírezStarsJosé CuraLado AtaneliVittorio GrigòloOpera by Verdi, based on Shakespeare's play Othello. The jealous general Otello believes the lie that his wife Desdemona, is adulterous, strangles her and commits suicide.
- StarsMario Del MonacoGabriella TucciTito GobbiA superb rendition of the iintriger along with an awesome inspiring Del Monaco
- DirectorThomas GrimmStarsStig Fogh AndersenPer HøyerIréne TheorinThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- StarsLicia AlbaneseJohn GarrisThomas HaywardThe first live telecast of an entire opera from the stage of the old Metropolitan Opera House (1883-1966).
- DirectorRobert C. BruceStarsAli AllieApril FissellDavid HimesWilliam Shakespeare's Othello speaks of betrayal, suspicion, paranoia, and indeed jealousy. Originally presented on stage at the Theater on High Street in Moorpark, CA.
- 1977– 1h 54mTV EpisodeDirectorKirk BrowningStarsJoan SutherlandLuciano PavarottiLeo NucciAct 3 of Verdi's La traviata, Act 1 Scene 2 and Act 3 Scene 3 of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, and Act 3 of Verdi's Rigoletto, performed in full costume on production sets.
- DirectorCarlo BattistoniStarsPlácido DomingoLeo NucciCesare CataniThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- DirectorTiziano ManciniStarsGregory KundeCarmela RemigioLucio GalloVerdi was over seventy when he set about raising Italian opera to a whole new level, succeeding magnificently in combining two traditions in his penultimate masterpiece. Based on Shakespeare's famous tragedy, Otello not only sums up the history of Italian opera since Rossini but at the same time looks far into the future.