Leyla Gencer Archive

OTELLO

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Opera in four acts in Italian

Libretto: Arrigo Boito
Premièr at Teatro alla Scala, Milan – 5 February 1887

06 August 1964 (5 Performances)

Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro

II. FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DO MUSICA E DANÇA

Conductor: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Chorus master: Norberto Mola

Stage director: n/a

Scene and costumes: n/a

Otello a Moor, general in the Venetian army MARIO DEL MONACO tenor

Iago his ensign PIERO CAPPUCILLI baritone
Cassio his lieutenant n/a tenor
Roderigo a Venetian gentleman n/a tenor
Lodovico ambassador of Venetian Republic n/a bass
Montano predecessor of Otello in Cyprus NICOLA ZACCARIA bass
A Herald n/a baritone
Desdemona wife of Otello LEYLA GENCER soprano
Emilia Iago’s wife and Desdemona’s lady n/a mezzo-soprano
 
Time: End of the Fifteenth Century
Place: A seaport in Cyprus

C A N C E L L E D  

Gencer signed a contract for Otello with del Monaco for five performances. Unfortunately, after having a traffic accident, del Monaco cancelled his participation. As Gencer had a contract, Teatro Municipal drop Otello and offered her three performances of La Traviata and two concert perrformances of Verdi's Requiem. Gencer performed first two Traviatas but then she cancelled her last Traviata performances as well as Requiem concerts due to her illness.

DIARIO DE NOTICIAS

1963.02.23

CORREIRO DA MANHA

1964.04.19

O CRUZEIR

1964.04.25

O JORNAL

1964.04.28