TV Standard: NTSC
Color: Color

Credits:

Jonas Kaufmann.Antonio Pappano & Royal Opera House.Covent,Jonas Kaufmann,Antonio Pappano,Chorus of the Royal Opera House.Covent Garden,The Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra,Giuseppe Fortunio Francesco Verdi

Description:

In June 2017, Verdi's "Otello" was newly staged for the first time in about 30 years at the Royal Opera House. The highly acclaimed performance featured Jonas Kaufmann in his role debut as the lead role of Otello, and will be performed during the Royal Opera's Japan tour this September. Kaufmann, who sang Otello, the most difficult role for tenors, requiring rich expressiveness, a strong voice, and a wide vocal range from baritone to tenor, demonstrated powerful singing and superb acting skills comparable to those of past great singers such as Vinay, Vickers, and Domingo, and has been acclaimed as "the Otello singer" who has "etched his name in the history books. He has been acclaimed as "the 'Otero singer' who has carved his name in history. The Italian baritone Marco Vratogna's Iago, who is currently on the rise, and Maria Agresta's Desdemona, another Italian flower, are also attractive co-starring singers. Warner's effective use of lighting on the dark stage to dramatize Otello's psychology with shadows and light, and Pappano's rich and crisp music-making to reproduce the rich and shaded orchestration of Verdi's late period with no less charm. Pappano's conducting reveals the essence of Verdi's greatest work of his lifetime. Emilia (Iago's wife and Desdemona's maid): Kai Rueter (mezzo-soprano), Doderigo (the Venetian gentleman): Thomas Atkins (tenor), Lodovico (the ambassador of the Venetian Republic): Yin Sun Sim (bass), Messenger: Thomas Barnard Royal Opera House Chorus of Covent Garden [Chorus Master: William Spalding], Royal Opera House Orchestra of Covent Garden [Concert Master: Vasko Vasilev], Conductor: Antonio Pappano

Tracklisting:

1 VERDI: OTELLO