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

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Reviewed at Opera Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Antwerp on 14 February 2016
Verdi, Otello
Alexander Joel, Conductor
Michael Thalheimer, Director
Henrik Ahr, Set Designer
Michaela Barth, Costume Designer
Carlo Ventre, Otello
Zoran Todorovich, Otello
Ian Storey, Otello
Corinne Winters, Desdemona
Vladimir Stoyanov, Iago
Kai Rüütel-Pajula, Emilia
Sara Jo Benoot, Emilia
Adam Smith, Cassio
Stephan Adriaens, Roderigo
Leonard Bernad, Lodovico
Patrick Cromheeke, Montano, Herald
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