Giuseppe Verdi’s masterful opera Otello performs at Teatro Real in a production conducted and directed by Nicola Luisotti and David Alden which transports us into a maelstrom of passions, accompanied by the magnificent voices of Brian Jagde as Otello and Asmik Grigorian as Desdemona.
This heart-rending story is based on William Shakespeare’s famous play, which recounts the tragic downfall of the brave general Otello. Manipulated by his treacherous ensign Iago, Otello comes to believe that his beautiful wife Desdemona is unfaithful to him, unleashing a spiral of jealousy and destruction that culminates in a devastating tragedy.
Music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Libretto by Arrigo Boito after William Shakespeare’s play Othello, or The Moor of Venice (1603)
Production of Teatro Real, in co-production with English National Opera (London) and Kungliga Operan (Stockholm)
Artistic team
Conductor: Nicola Luisotti
Stage director: David Alden
Set and costume design: Jon Morrell
Lighting design: Adam Silverman
Choreography: Maxime Braham
Chorus director: Ana González
Cast
Otello: Brian Jagde
Iago: Gabriele Viviani
Cassio: Airam Hernández
Roderigo: Albert Casals
Lodovico: In Sung Sim
Montano / Un heraldo: Fernando Radó
Desdemona: Asmik Grigorian
Emilia: Enkelejda Shkoza
Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra
Pequeños Cantores de la ORCAM
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