Leeds Grand TheatreLeeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS1 6NZ, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Programme
| Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901) | Otello | Libretto by Arrigo Boito |
Performers
| Opera North | |||
| Tim Albery | Director | 2013 Jan 16, Feb mat | |
| Orchestra of Opera North | 2013 Jan 16 | ||
| Chorus of Opera North | 2013 Jan 16 | ||
| Richard Farnes | Conductor | 2013 Jan 16, Feb mat | |
| Ronald Samm | Tenor | Otello | |
| David Kempster | Baritone | Iago | |
| Elena Kelessidi | Soprano | Desdemona | |
| Ann Taylor | Mezzo-soprano | Emilia | |
| Christopher Turner | Tenor | Roderigo | |
| Henry Waddington | Bass | Lodovico | |
| Dean Robinson | Bass | Montano |
OTELLO by Giuseppe Verdi (1887)
NEW PRODUCTION
Sung in Italian with English titles
Running time: approx 2 hours 45 minutes
Iago, an ensign in the Venetian army, is a man who bears a grudge. When his general, Otello, passes him over for promotion in favour of Cassio Iago’s festering resentment quickly turns to downright malice, He poisons Otello’s mind with suspicion, and step by step, leads Otello to believe that his young wife Desdemona is in love with the young and handsome Cassio. And so Iago, a man consumed by envy, makes of Otello a monster of murderous jealousy.
NEW PRODUCTION
Sung in Italian with English titles
Running time: approx 2 hours 45 minutes
Iago, an ensign in the Venetian army, is a man who bears a grudge. When his general, Otello, passes him over for promotion in favour of Cassio Iago’s festering resentment quickly turns to downright malice, He poisons Otello’s mind with suspicion, and step by step, leads Otello to believe that his young wife Desdemona is in love with the young and handsome Cassio. And so Iago, a man consumed by envy, makes of Otello a monster of murderous jealousy.
