OTELLO

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Opera in four acts in Italian
Libretto: Arrigo Boito
Premièr at Teatro alla Scala, Milan – 5 February 1887
08, 11, 13 March 1962 
Teatro Comunale, Genova

Conductor: Franco Capuana
Chorus master: n/a
Stage director: Carlo Maestrini
Scene and costumes: Veniero Colasanti & John Moore

Otello a Moor, general in the Venetian army DIMITRI USUNOW tenor
Iago his ensign MARIO ZANASI baritone
Cassio his lieutenant NELLO ROMANO tenor
Roderigo a Venetian gentleman VALIANO NATALI tenor
Lodovico ambassador of Venetian Republic AGOSTINO FERRIN bass
Montano predecessor of Otello in Cyprus n/a bass
A Herald n/a baritone
Desdemona wife of Otello LEYLA GENCER soprano [Role debut]
Emilia Iago’s wife and Desdemona’s lady ANNA DI STASIO mezzo-soprano

Time: End of the Fifteenth Century
Place: A seaport in Cyprus

OPERA MAGAZINE                                            

1962 May
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