¡Verdi: Otello
¡Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Antonio Pappano (conductor)
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[Machine Translation] In June 2017, Verdi's Otello was newly staged at the Royal Opera House for the first time in 30 years. It was a highly acclaimed performance with Jonas Kaufmann in his role debut as the lead role of Otello, and will be performed during the Royal Opera's Japan tour in September of this year. Kaufmann, who sang Otello, one of the most difficult roles for tenors, requiring rich expressiveness, a strong voice, and a wide vocal range from baritone to tenor, showed powerful singing and superb acting ability on par with past great singers such as Vinay, Vickers, and Domingo, and was acclaimed as "the 'Otello singer' who will go down in history. He has been acclaimed as "the 'Otello singer' who has carved his name in history. The Italian baritone Marco Vratogna's Iago, who is currently on the rise, and Maria Agresta's Desdemona, another Italian flower, are also attractive co-starring singers. Warner's effective use of lighting on the dark stage to dramatize Otello's psychology with shadows and light, and Pappano's rich and crisp music-making to reproduce the rich and shaded orchestration of Verdi's late period with no less charm. Pappano's conducting reveals the essence of Verdi's greatest work of his lifetime. [Otello (Moorish general of the Venetian Republic): Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Iago (Otello's standard-bearer): Marco Vratonia (baritone), Desdemona (Otello's wife): Maria Agresta (soprano), Cassio (Otello's second in command): Frederic Antoun (tenor), Emilia (the opera's hero): Marco Vratonia (baritone), Desdemona (Otello's wife): Maria Agresta (soprano), Cassio (Otello's lieutenant): Frederick Antunes (tenor), Emilia (the opera's hero): Marco Vratonia (baritone). Emilia (Iago's wife and Desdemona's maid): Kai Rueter (mezzo soprano), Doderigo (Venetian gentleman): Thomas Atkins (tenor), Lodovico (Venetian ambassador): In Soon Sim (bass), Messenger: Thomas Bernard (Bass), Royal Opera House Chorus of Covent Garden [Chorus Master: William Spalding], Royal Opera House Orchestra of Covent Garden [Concert Master: Vasko Vasilev], Conductor: Antonio Pappano
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