Name: Otello
Start: 2016-03-19T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2016-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Großes Festspielhaus

Organization

Osterfestspiele Salzburg

Tenor

Johan Botha

Otello

Soprano

Dorothea Röschmann

Desdemona

Baritone

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Iago

Benjamin Bernheim

Cassio

Mezzo-soprano

Christa Mayer

Emilia

Bass

Georg Zeppenfeld

Lodovico

Bror Magnus Tødenes

Roderigo

Csaba Szegedi

Montano

Gordon Bintner

A Herald

Conductor

Christian Thielemann

Stage director

Vincent Boussard

Costume designer

Christian Lacroix

José Cura

Carlos Álvarez

Singer

Sofia Pintzou

Ein Engel

Orchestra

Staatskapelle Dresden

Others

Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden

Italian

Otello -  (Othello)

Salzburg

Austria

Großes Festspielhaus

A superb new Otello from the Salzburg Easter Festival: “Cura is a commanding Otello with his richly coloured tenor and both fragile delicacy and fiery ardour” (Südwestpresse). “Röschmann as Desdemona guarantees effortless perfection” (Neue Musikzeitung). “Álvarez as Iago would be hard to surpass” (Abendzeitung). “Thielemann has discovered an impressively modern sound for Verdi” (Süddeutsche Zeitung).
This Salzburg production – featuring “a cast worthy of any festival” (Südwestpresse) – is conducted by Christian Thielemann, who displays a command of Verdian tragedy to match his celebrated sovereignty in Wagner. He and his great Dresden Staatskapelle, a consummate opera ensemble, “achieve wonders” (Die Presse), “generating Italian ‘Musikdrama’ with their incandescence and precise nuances” (Abendzeitung). As the tragic hero, José Cura “deploys his treasurable timbre and intensity” (Der Standard), while Dorothea Röschmann’s Desdemona “enchants with her dramatic lyricism, delicate phrases and internalized clarity” (Wiener Zeitung). Utilizing “elegant parlando and seductive bel canto, Carlos Álvarez’s Iago is a philosopher executing a socio-psychological experiment” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung).
In his fascinating staging, director Vincent Broussard integrates video with set and lighting design to create an idealized visual context for what he calls Otello’s “conflict of ancient and modern, of 2D and 3D”.

Otello Verdi

Public

Othello

English

Approved

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Librettist

Set designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Illustrator

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Extra

Contralto

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

Otello - Salzburg Easter Festival, 2016 Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria 19, and, 27, March, 2016 A superb new Otello from the Salzburg Easter Festiv...

Othello by Verdi, Sat 19 Mar 2016, From (2016/2016), Directed by Vincent Boussard,, Conductor Christian Thielemann, Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria

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