The ROH Live: Otello
Lago sows the seeds of jealousy in Otello’s mind, fabricating a story of an affair between Lago's rival Cassio and Otello’s young wife Desdemona.
Keith Warner
Casts & Crew
Antonio Pappano
Jonas Kaufmann
Maria Agresta
Marco Vratogna
Frédéric Antoun
Thomas Atkins
Kai Rüütel
Simon Shibambu
In Sung Sim
Thomas Barnard
Also Directed by Keith Warner
Hector Sandoval, Norma Fantini, Scott Hendricks, Tania Kross, and Rosalind Plowright star in this production of the Giordano opera performed by the Vienna Symphony, Bregenz Festival Chorus, and Prague Philharmonic Choir conducted by Ulf Schirmer.
On a June night in 2017, opera lovers thronged to the Royal Opera House in London to hear tenor Jonas Kaufmann, recently acclaimed by The Daily Telegraph as the world s greatest tenor, make his eagerly anticipated debut in the title role of Otello Verdi s greatest and most demanding role for tenor voice. As the New York Times wrote Mr. Kaufmann made his debut in the part, and he calmly, confidently sang it for the ages.
In the wake of the Trojan War, Elektra’s world has come unmoored. When her desire for justice becomes a blood lust, she pushes her fractured family to the brink of destruction.