Verdi - Otello
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Verdi: Otello
RecommendedJonas Kaufmann (Otello), Federica Lombardi (Desdemona), Carlos Álvarez (Iago), Orchestra e Coro dell'Academia Nationale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Pappano’s interpretation of Verdi’s penultimate opera makes for an exhilarating ride. This is a conductor in his element, coaxing a performance of thrilling dynamism from the Orchestra dell’Accademia... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Winner - Opera (19th-century)
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Verdi: Otello
RecommendedSimon O’Neill (Otello), Gerald Finley (Iago), Anne Schwanewilms (Desdemona), Allan Clayton (Cassio), Ben Johnson (Roderigo), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Lodovico), Matthew Rose (Montano), Lukas Jakobski (Herald) & Eufemia Tufano (Emilia)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
everything contributes to accentuating extremes: Colin Davis gets the LSO, in shattering form, to play chords like cannon shots...The two male leads are superb: Simon O'Neill is the most complete... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st November 2010
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2010, Editor's Choice
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Joseph Calleja - Verdi
RecommendedJoseph Calleja (tenor), Vittorio Vitelli (baritone), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Ramón Tebar
For the love duet from Otello…he sounds marvellously virile and tireless…Calleja has not yet learnt the required inwardness for Otello’s two great monologues, but he has the voice for all these... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd February 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Verdi: Otello
RecommendedPlacido Domingo (Otello), Katia Ricciarelli (Desdemona), Justino Diaz (Iago), Ezio Di Cesare (Cassio), Constantin Zaharia (Rodrigo), John Macurdy (Lodovico), Edward Toumajian (Montano), Petra Malakova (Emilia)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Lorin Maazel
another fine performance from Domingo and generally taut subtle control from Maazel, particularly good in the spacious, tenderly emotional treatment of the final scene — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Verdi: Otello
RecommendedPlácido Domingo (Otello), Cheryl Studer (Desdemona), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago), Ramón Vargas (Cassio), Michael Schade (Rodrigo), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Lodovico), Giacomo Prestia (Montano), Denyce Graves (Emilia)
Bastille Opera, Myung-Whun Chung
theatre, so Otello is a difficult opera to bring off out of it. For some years now, Domingo has been, on stage, the greatest Otello of our age. On record, though, he has had less success. Leiferkus... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2001, First Choice
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Verdi: Otello
RecommendedJonas Kaufmann (Otello), Marco Vratogna (Iago), Maria Agresta (Desdemona)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor), Keith Warner (director)
Though he is in fine voice, he does not come across as the wounded animal that the greatest Otellos – Jon Vickers, Mario del Monaco - so impressively were. Kaufmann is happiest in the more lyrical... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th May 2018
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Opera, July 2018, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Verdi: Otello (highlights)
Plácido Domingo (Otello), Cheryl Studer (Desdemona), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago), Ramón Vargas (Cassio), Michael Schade (Rodrigo), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Lodovico), Giacomo Prestia (Montano), Denyce Graves (Emilia), Philippe Duminy (Un Araldo)
Orchestre De La Bastille, Chorus De L'Opera Bastille,...
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Verdi: Otello
Stuart Neill (Otello), Jessica Nuccio (Desdemona), Roberto Frontali (Jago), Tamta Tarieli (Emilia), Manuel Pierattelli (Roderigo), Seung Pil Choi (Lodovico), Giacomo Medici (Montano), Franco Di Girolamo (A Herald)
Fondazione Orchestra Regionale delle Marche, Riccardo Frizza
Neill is tireless as Otello, the voice and diction clear throughout and the stamina impressive. Much of his acting is thoroughly rudimentary but he rises to a moving 'Niun me tema'...[Nuccio]... — More…
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Special offer. Verdi: Otello
Nikolai Schukoff (Otello), Melody Moore (Desdemona), Lester Lynch (Iago), Kevin Short (Lodovico)
Gulbenkian Orchestra Chorus, Lawrence Foster
All three of the principals deliver honourable, quality performances…Schukoff is a convincing exponent of the title-role, deliberate and controlled, if in the final analysis somewhat bland and... — More…
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Special offer. Verdi: Otello
Ramon Vinay, Herva Nelli, Giuseppe Valdengo, Virginio Assandri, Nan Merriman & Leslie Chabay
NBC Symphony Orchestra and Choruses, Arturo Toscanini
