is back in Michigan once again. Johan Botha and Renee Fleming star in Verdi's "Otello" on Saturday, Oct. 27, in a live broadcast conducted by Semyon Bychkov, former music director of the Grand Rapids ...
Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Othello. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, and was first performed at the Teatro ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Orchestra’s production of “Otello” hasn’t even opened yet, but for those behind it, it’s already something of a miracle. After struggling to find a tenor for the ...
Los Angeles Opera began last week with the Pulitzer Prize announcement that “Omar,” the acclaimed new opera by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, was being honored as the year’s best musical ...
Continuing Austin Opera's relationship with Italian Operas, Giuseppe Verdi's OTELLO opened at The Long Center last Saturday. To a packed house and a full stage, Verdi's adapted story of Shakespeare's ...
Opera companies worldwide revere Giuseppe Verdi's adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Othello." Yet they rarely perform it. The story of a war hero tricked into thinking his wife is unfaithful, ...
In this week’s Opera Cheat Sheet, our light-hearted intro to the upcoming opera broadcast, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric discuss Giuseppe Verdi’s penultimate opera, Otello, the second ...
Dramatic tenor Clifton Forbis’ pure vocal strength is truly something to behold. Dark and haunting, this “Otello” provides a worthy conclusion to Nashville Opera’s season. Soprano Mary Dunleavy makes ...