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Simon Keenlyside (Iago)
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Elizabeth Llewellyn (Desdemona) and Gwyn Hughes Jones (Otello)
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Otello, Act 3
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Simon Keenlyside (Iago) and Gwyn Hughes Jones (Otello)
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Anthony Flaum (Roderigo), Simon Keenlyside (Iago) and chorus
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Reviewed at The Theatre in the Woods, West Horsley on 19 June 2022
Verdi, Otello
Grange Park Opera
Gianluca Marcianò, Conductor
David Alden, Director
Charles Edwards, Set Designer
Gabrielle Dalton, Costume Designer
Andrew Cutbush, Lighting Designer
Grange Park Opera Chorus
Gwyn Hughes Jones, Otello
Elizabeth Llewellyn, Desdemona
Sir Simon Keenlyside, Iago
Olivia Ray, Emilia
Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Cassio
Anthony Flaum, Roderigo
Matthew Brook, Lodovico
Alan Ewing, Montano
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