Otello - Opera - Season 18/19 Programming

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otello

Opéra Bastille - from 07 March to 07 April 2019

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otello

Opera Giuseppe Verdi

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Opéra Bastille - from 07 March to 07 April 2019

2h55 with 1 interval

Language : Italian

Surtitle : French / English

Opening night : 7 March 2019

About

In few words:

“Storm still”, wrote Shakespeare. In Otello, rumbling thunder echoes the passions unleashed. A fervent admirer of the English playwright, Verdi composed a score abounding in fiery ardour: powerful music that penetrates to the heart of the most sombre reaches of the human soul, opposing Otello’s jealously, Iago’s perversity and the purity of the unhappy Desdemona. Under Andrei Șerban’s direction, gone are the stereotypes; instead, a production that shadows the tumults and shameful fears that drive humanity exposed here in all its fragility.

Opening
First Part 50 mn
Interval 30 mn
Second Part 75 mn
End

Otello

Opera in four acts

Music :

Giuseppe Verdi

Libretto :

Arrigo Boito - After William Shakespeare

Conductor :

Bertrand de Billy

Director :

Andrei Șerban

Set design :

Peter Pabst

Costume design :

Graciela Galán

Lighting design :

Joël Hourbeigt

Chorus master :

José Luis Basso
Orchestre et Chœurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
Maîtrise des Hauts‑de‑Seine / Chœur d’enfants de l’Opéra national de Paris
Otello :

Roberto Alagna

7, 10, 13, 16, 20, 23, 26, 29 March

Aleksandrs Antonenko

1, 4, 7 apr.

Jago :

George Gagnidze

Cassio :

Frédéric Antoun

Roderigo :

Alessandro Liberatore

Lodovico :

Paul Gay

Montano :

Thomas Dear

Desdemona :

Aleksandra Kurzak

7, 10, 13, 16, 20, 23, 26, 29 March

Hibla Gerzmava

1, 4, 7 apr.

Emilia :

Marie Gautrot