Mistrust, rage and colonialism: Otello at the Staatsoper

By Chanda VanderHart, 22 June 2019

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

Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 20 June 2019

Verdi, Otello

Vienna State Opera

Myung-whun Chung, Conductor

Adrian Noble, Director

Dick Bird, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Aleksandrs Antoņenko, Otello

Olga Bezsmertna, Desdemona

Vladislav Sulimsky, Iago

Margarita Gritskova, Emilia

Jinxu Xiahou, Cassio

Jongmin Park, Lodovico

Jean Kalman, Lighting Designer

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.

Mistrust, rage and colonialism: Adrian Noble’s new Otello at the Wiener Staatsoper