Viele Tenöre, wenig Nuancen: Rossinis Otello in Frankfurt

By Miriam Zeh, 10 September 2019

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“überzeugend gelangen die feinen lyrischen Nuancierungen Rossinis vor allem dem Orchester”

Reviewed at Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main on 8 September 2019

Rossini, Otello

Oper Frankfurt

Sesto Quatrini, Conductor

Damiano Michieletto, Director

Paolo Fantin, Set Designer

Carla Teti, Costume Designer

Nino Machaidze, Desdemona

Theo Lebow, Iago

Enea Scala, Otello

Jack Swanson, Rodrigo

Kelsey Lauritano, Emilia

Thomas Faulkner, Elmiro

Hans-Jürgen Lazar, The Doge

Michael Petruccelli, Un gondoliere, Lucio

Alessandro Carletti, Lighting Designer

Tilman Michael, Choirmaster / chorus director

Frankfurt Opera Chorus

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Miriam Zeh

Miriam studierte Musik, Germanistik und Philosophie in Köln, Paris und St. Louis. Jetzt promoviert sie am Forschungskolleg "Schreibszene Frankfurt" an der Goethe-Universität über Gegenwartsliteratur. Miriam schreibt für Print und Online über Musik, über Literatur und über ihr ungestümes Erleben von beidem.

Viele Tenöre, wenig Nuancen: Rossinis Otello an der Oper Frankfurt