Salzburg Easter Festival 2016: Otello

Synopsis

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), “generating Italian ‘Musikdrama’ with their incandescence and precise nuances” (Abendzeitung). 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”.

Additional Info

• No: A04050055
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Conductor: Christian Thielemann
• Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden
• Artists: José Cura, Dorothea Röschmann, Carlos Álvarez, Benjamin Bernheim, Christa Mayer, Georg Zeppenfeld
• Production year: 2016
• Run time: 02:27:00
• Director: Stage Director: Vincent Boussard
• Producers: A production of Unitel in co-production with ORF/3sat and in cooperation with the Salzburg Easter Festival
• Format: 4K