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“Otello” by Giuseppe Verdi

Premiere / date of written: 5 February 1887

Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Othello. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, and was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on February 5, 1887.

Libretti

#	Language	Authors
1	Italian	Arrigo Boito
2	German	Gerd Uekermann
3	English	Avril Bardoni
4	French	J. Barnabé, 1986

original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto

Audio recordings

Year	Cast	Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra	Label, Comment	Buy
1932	Otello — Nicola Fusati, Desdemona — Maria Carbone, Iago — Apollo Granforte, Cassio — Piero Girardi, Rodrigo — Nello Palai, Lodovico — Corrado Zambelli, Montano — Enrico Spada, Emilia — Tamara Beltacchi	Carlo Sabajno La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Milan	CD: Preiser Records Cat: 20012
1947	Otello — Ramón Vinay, Desdemona — Herva Nelli, Iago — Giuseppe Valdengo, Cassio — Virginio Assandri, Rodrigo — Leslie Chabay, Lodovico — Nicola Moscona, Montano — Arthur Newman, Emilia — Nan Merriman	Arturo Toscanini NBC Symphony Orchestra and chorus	CD: RCA Victor Cat: 60302
1954	Otello — Mario Del Monaco, Desdemona — Renata Tebaldi, Iago — Aldo Protti, Cassio — Piero De Palma, Rodrigo — Angelo Mercuriali, Lodovico — Fernando Corena, Montano — Pier Luigi Latinucci, Emilia — Luisa Ribacchi, Un Araldo — Dario Caselli	Alberto Erede Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus	CD: Decca
1961	Otello — Mario Del Monaco, Desdemona — Renata Tebaldi, Iago — Aldo Protti, Cassio — Nello Romanato, Rodrigo — Athos Cesarini, Lodovico — Fernando Corena, Montano — Tom Krause, Emilia — Ana Raquel Satra	Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus	CD: Decca Cat: 028941161826
1973	Otello — Jon Vickers, Desdemona — Mirella Freni, Iago — Peter Glossop, Cassio — Aldo Bottion, Rodrigo — Michel Sénéchal, Lodovico — José van Dam, Montano — Mario Macchi, Emilia — Stefania Malagù, Un Araldo — Mario Macchi	Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus	CD: EMI Cat: CMS 769 3082
1978	Otello — Plácido Domingo, Desdemona — Renata Scotto, Iago — Sherrill Milnes, Cassio — Frank Little Rodrigo — Paul Crook Lodovico — Paul Plishka Montano — Malcolm King Emilia — Jean Kraft Un Araldo — Malcolm King	James Levine National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus	CD: RCA Victor Cat: 74321395012
1992	Otello — Plácido Domingo, Desdemona — Kiri Te Kanawa, Iago — Sergei Leiferkus, Cassio — Robin Leggate, Rodrigo — Ramon Remedios, Lodovico — Mark Beesley, Montano — Roderick Earle, Emilia — Claire Powell, Un Araldo — Christopher Lackner	Sir Georg Solti Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus and Orchestra Brian Large	DVD:Kultur Video Cat: 0 32031 14929 8
1994	Otello — Plácido Domingo, Desdemona — Cheryl Studer, Iago — Sergei Leiferkus, Cassio — Ramón Vargas, Rodrigo — Michael Schade, Lodovico — Ildebrando d' Arcangelo, Montano — Giacomo Prestia, Emilia — Denyce Graves, Un Araldo — Philippe Duminy	Myung-whun Chung Opéra Bastille, Paris	CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 439 805-2
2013	Otello — Aleksandrs Antonenko, Desdemona — Krassimira Stoyanova, Iago — Carlo Guelfi, Cassio — Juan Francisco Gatell, Rodrigo — Michael Spyres, Lodovico — Eric Owens, Montano — Paolo Battaglia, Emilia — Barbara Di Castri, Un Araldo — David Govertsen	Riccardo Muti Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus	CSO Resound

Video recordings

Year	Cast	Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra, Director	Label, Comment	Buy
1978	Otello — Jon Vickers, Desdemona — Renata Scotto, Iago — Cornell MacNeil, Cassio — Raymond Gibbs, Rodrigo — Andrea Velis, Lodovico — James Morris, Montano — Robert Goodloe, Emilia — Jean Kraft, Un Araldo — Arthur Thompson	James Levine Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus Franco Zeffirelli	DVD: Met Opera Cat: 811357012185 Taken from the September 25, 1978 live performance.
1995	Otello — Plácido Domingo, Desdemona — Renée Fleming, Iago — James Morris, Cassio — Richard Croft, Rodrigo — Charles Anthony, Lodovico — Alexander Anisimov, Montano — Ted Lambrinos, Emilia — Jane Bunnell, Un Araldo — Christopher Schaldenbrand	James Levine Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus Brian Large	DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 0929

External links

• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Recordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
• Sheet Music — www.sheetmusicplus.com

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