New Production
Performed in Italian with English Supertitles
Part of Festival O22
Sparks fly when superpowered voices "meet
in the playground of a Rossini opera” – The New Yorker
Rossini's rarely performed version of Shakespeare's tragedy comes to Opera Philadelphia for the first time in a critically acclaimed production by Spanish director Emilio Sagi (Tancredi 2017).
Set in the 1920s, with elegant costumes and scenery evocative of the gilded world of Downton Abbey, Sagi's production puts a unique focus on the character of Desdemona, a woman whose acts of both rebellion and loyalty position her as more than just a symbol of lost innocence, but as the moral center of a changing world.
As in Shakespeare's play, Desdemona defies her father, Elmiro, and
marries his enemy Otello rather than the nobleman Rodrigo. Their love is undone
by the vengeful Iago, who is also in love with Desdemona and plots to convince
Otello that his wife has been unfaithful.
https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/in-theaters-2022-2023/otello/
Rossini’s rarely performed version of Shakespeare’s tragedy comes
to
Opera Philadelphia for the
first time in a critically acclaimed production
by Spanish director Emilio Sagi (Tancredi, 2017). Set in the 1920s,
with elegant costumes and
scenery evocative of the gilded world of
Downton Abbey, Sagi’s
production puts a unique focus on the character of
Desdemona, a woman whose
acts of both rebellion and loyalty position
her as more than just a symbol of lost innocence, but as the moral
center
of a changing world. Starring Khanyiso Gwenxane in his U.S. debut
as Otello, Lawrence Brownlee as Rodrigo, Daniela Mack as Desdemona, and Alek
Shrader as Iago.
Video and Production from Opéra Royal de Wallonie - Liège (Belgium)
Opera Philadelphia | Preview: Otello
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