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Rossini's Otello returns to its birthplace in Naples

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“Nino Machaidze was an outstanding Desdemona, showing radiant technique”
Reviewed at Teatro di San Carlo, Naples on 30 November 2016
Rossini, Otello
Teatro di San Carlo
Gabriele Ferro, Conductor
Amos Gitai, Director
Dante Ferretti, Set Designer
Gabriella Pesucci, Costume Designer
Nino Machaidze, Desdemona
Juan Francisco Gatell, Iago
John Osborn, Otello
Dmitry Korchak, Rodrigo
Gaia Petrone, Emilia
Mirco Palazzi, Elmiro
Nicola Pamio, The Doge
Enrico Iviglia, Un gondoliere, Lucio
Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
Coro del Teatro di San Carlo
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