Otello
Giuseppe Verdi
Produced by Metisfilm Classica
ISBN: Cat. no. A93050008
Tipo de edición: DVD/CD
Otello
Giuseppe Verdi
Otello [Grabación audiovisual] D.L. 2013
1 disco (Bluray)
Conductor Zubin Mehta
Orchestra Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Chorus Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana / Escolania de la Mare de Déu dels Desemparats
Chorus Masters Francesc Perales / Luis Garrido
Stage DirectorDavide Livermore
Otello Gregory Kunde
Jago Carlos Álvarez
Cassio Marcelo Puente
Roderigo Mario Cerdá
Lodovico Mischa Schelomianski
Montano Seung Pil Choi
Heraldo Boro Giner
Desdemona Maria Agresta
Emilia Cristina Faus
Produced by Metisfilm Classica
Video Director Tiziano Mancini
Hd TV 1080/50i / Length: approx. 150'
Cat. no. A93050008
"A triumph" (ABC), "gripping" (Die Presse), a production "of the highest order" (Corriere della sera) and of "incredible quality" (La Vanguardia)
- With Zubin Mehta at the head of the orchestra of Valencia's Palau de les Arts "Reina Sofía", and three superb soloists - Gregory Kunde, Maria Agresta and Carlos Álvarez - forming the lead trio of protagonists, this Otello is practically destined to leave its mark as one of the most memorable
productions of this work.
In an elegant, simple stage set dominated by a large disc that can be raised and lowered to suggest closeness or distance among the protagonists, director Davide Livermore focuses on the inner conflicts gnawing at the hearts of Otello (Kunde), Desdemona (Agresta) and Iago (Álvarez). A judicious and effective use of large-screen projections and uncluttered costumes round off Livermore's direction.
Livermore's Otello is "exalted" by Kunde's singing, wrote Vienna's leading daily Die Presse. Kunde successfully interpreted both Verdi's and Rossini's Otello in one year, perhaps the first tenor ever to do so. While Álvarez "abounds in diabolical cynicism", Agresta sings with "heartfelt cantabilità" (Die Presse).
Under the direction of Maestro Zubin Mehta, the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana has truly become one of the leading European opera orchestras