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Otello
Otello

Otello

2001

N/R

Categories:

  • Music

Overview:

One of the chief pleasures of this live production of Otello from the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden is Daniel Barenboim's conducting. From the opening gale-force blast of storm music, through the crunching and stabbing accompaniment of Iago's "Credo" to the shimmering strings of Desdemona's "Willow Song", he doesn't miss a trick. Everything works at the highest pitch of intensity and the orchestra sticks to his beat like glue. It's a necessary compensation for the shortcomings of the staging: the stolid chorus remains unperturbed by the storm and is directed to perform with unison movements; the acting (apart from Valeri Alexejev) is non-committal, and Alexandre Tarta's video direction somewhat flat-footed. She doesn't manage to make much small-screen sense of an impenetrably murky opening scene, for example, and doesn't seem fond of reaction shots.

Jürgen Flimm

Director

François Duplat

Producer

Arrigo Boito

Writer

Cast:

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  • Christian Franz

    Christian Franz

    Otello (tenor)
  • Emily Magee

    Emily Magee

    Desdemona (soprano)
  • Valeri Alexejev

    Valeri Alexejev

    Iago (baritone)
  • Stephan Rügamer

    Stephan Rügamer

    Cassio (tenor)
  • Andreas Schmidt

    Andreas Schmidt

    Roderigo (tenor)
  • Kwangchul Youn

    Kwangchul Youn

    Lodovico (bass)