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Otello

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Opera Vlaanderen, AntwerpFrankrijklei 3, Antwerp, 2000, Belgium

Dates/times in Brussels time zone

Programme

Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)

Libretto by Arrigo Boito

Performers

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Alexander Joel	Conductor
Michael Thalheimer	Director
Henrik Ahr	Set Designer
Michaela Barth	Costume Designer
Symfonisch Orkest Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Koor Opera Vlaanderen
Carlo Ventre	Tenor	Otello
Zoran Todorovich	Tenor	Otello
Ian Storey	Tenor	Otello
Corinne Winters	Soprano	Desdemona
Vladimir Stoyanov	Baritone	Iago
Kai Rüütel-Pajula	Mezzo-soprano	Emilia
Sara Jo Benoot	Mezzo-soprano	Emilia
Adam Smith	Tenor	Cassio
Stephan Adriaens	Tenor	Roderigo
Leonard Bernad	Tenor	Lodovico
Patrick Cromheeke	Bass	Montano, Herald

Reviews of Otello directed by Michael Thalheimer

*****

Opernhaus, Düsseldorf, October 2016

Inside the mind of the Moor with Thalheimer's Otello in Antwerp

David Pinedo, 16th February

The unclear ideas and the excessive blackness in Thalheimer’s concept failed to convince, but Stoyanov and Joel’s presentation of Verdi’s score made up for those problems.

**111