Mistrust, rage and colonialism: Otello at the Staatsoper

Por Chanda VanderHart, 22 junio 2019

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“thinning out and floating her shimmering soprano into gossamer threads”

Crítica hecha desde Wiener Staatsoper, Viena el 20 junio 2019

Verdi, Otello

Wiener Staatsoper

Myung-whun Chung, Dirección

Adrian Noble, Dirección de escena

Dick Bird, Diseño de escena, Diseño de vestuario

Aleksandrs Antoņenko, Otello

Olga Bezsmertna, Desdemona

Vladislav Sulimsky, Iago

Margarita Gritskova, Emilia

Jinxu Xiahou, Cassio

Jongmin Park, Lodovico

Jean Kalman, Diseño de iluminación

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

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Chanda VanderHart

Dr. Chanda VanderHart is a pianist, musicologist and creative who lives, works and plays in Vienna, Austria. For more on Chanda and her projects, click here.

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