Victorious in battle, admired by his men, loved by his wife - fate seems to smile on Otello. Happy moments, however, pass imperceptibly when the hero’s mind begins to be gripped by suspicion and jealousy seeps into the heart. And doubts lead to destruction.
Otello and Falstaff are thought by many to be at the pinnacle of Italian opera. These Shakespearean masterpieces, the last two operas ever written by Giuseppe Verdi, are the fruit of a remarkable collaboration between the composer and his friend Arrigo Boito, the librettist almost 30 years his junior. Boito was influenced by translations of Shakespeare (by François-Victor Hugo for example) and emphasises Otello’s stormy passion barely allowing him to keep up appearances. Desdomona is a saintly idealisation and Iago a cynical villain on a diabolical scale. The essence of Verdi’s genius throughout his life lay in the wedding of poetry and song in balanced lyrical forms; what is different in these later collaborations with Boito is that these forms are not confined to arias and ensembles but blossom wherever poetry and the spirit of the drama suggests. Live from Poznan on the opening night of a new production, OperaVision brings you this great opera presented here in the hands of another distinguished artistic pairing; director David Pountney and conductor Jacek Kaspszyk. High drama and passionate music taking us into the darker corners of the human mind.
Full performance streamed LIVE on OperaVision on 25 November 2023 at 19:00 CET and available until 25 May 2024 at 12:00 CET:
CAST
Otello
Gwyn Hughes John
Jago
Dario Solari
Desdemona
Iwona Sobotka
Emilia
Gosha Kowalinska
Casio
Piotr Kalina
Lodovico
Rafał Korpik
Roderigo
Piotr Friebe
Montano
Damian Konieczek
Herold / Herald
Michał Korzeniowski
Orchestra
Poznań Opera Orchestra
Chorus
Poznań Opera Chorus
Music
Giuseppe Verdi
Text
Arrigo Boito
Conductor
Jacek Kaspszyk
Director
David Pountney
Sets
Raimund Bauer
Costume
Marie-Jeanne Lecca
Lighting
Fabrice Kebour
Choreography
Ran Arthur Braun
Video Projections
Karolina fender Noińska
Assistant Conductor
Zofia Kiniorska
Andrei Yakushau
Assistant Director
Barbara Poll
Dominika Babiarz
Bartłomiej Szczeszek
Chorus Master
Mariusz Otto
Children Chorus Master
Michał Sergiusz Mierzejewski
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