Verdi: Otello

The main strength of the performance is the taut conducting of Myung-Whun Chung, who barely lets the tensions drop for a second...Kunde, a genuine tenor rather than baritonal Otello, is strong... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2014 More…

Release Date: 2nd Jun 2014
Catalogue No: 716508
Label: C Major

Verdi: Otello

Palazzo Ducale di Venezia, 2013
Gregory Kunde (Otello), Carmela Remigio (Desdemona), Lucio Gallo (Iago), Elisabetta Martorana (Emilia)
Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice
Myung-Whun Chung

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Staged: Francesco Micheli

Rarely has a production of Verdi’s “Otello” taken place in such a prestigious location, the courtyard of the Palazzo Ducale in Venice.

Directed by Francesco Micheli, this special outdoor “event production” of the Gran Teatro La Fenice supports the claim that “Venice is asserting itself more than ever on a global scale as one of the great capitals of music” (GB Opera).

SOUND FORMAT DVD: PCM Stereo, dts 5.1

PICTURE 16:9, HD

SUBTITLES: Italian (original language), English, German, French, Spanish

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September 2014

The main strength of the performance is the taut conducting of Myung-Whun Chung, who barely lets the tensions drop for a second...Kunde, a genuine tenor rather than baritonal Otello, is strong and forthright throughout...The orchestra of the Teatro La Fenice know their Verdi and play with élan.

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