Verdi Otello

Feb 1, 1962

2h 30m

★ 0.0

Glorious portrait of Renata Tebaldi

Overview

Desdemona in Verdi's Otello was a career role for soprano Renata Tebaldi, from her first operatic performance outside of Italy to her final appearance on the opera stage. Between those landmarks she performed the role nearly 100 times all over the world and made studio audio recordings that became reference recordings for the role. This 1962 production with the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Giuseppe Patane was planned as a media event from the outset and blessedly captures a consummate artist in a signature role at the peak of her gifts.

Genres

Music

Production Companies

Arthaus Musik

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Cast

Desdemona

Renata Tebaldi

Otello

Hans Beirer

Jago

William Dooley

Cassio

Mario Ferrara

Rodrigo

Karl-Ernst Mercker

Emilia

Sieglinde Wagner

Lodovico

Ivan Sardi

Montano

Pecca Salomaa

Herald

Hans-Dietrich Pohl

Conductor

Giuseppe Patanè

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