Otello (2001)
Synopsis
One of the chief pleasures of this live production of Otello from the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden is Daniel Barenboim's conducting. From the opening gale-force blast of storm music, through the crunching and stabbing accompaniment of Iago's "Credo" to the shimmering strings of Desdemona's "Willow Song", he doesn't miss a trick. Everything works at the highest pitch of intensity and the orchestra sticks to his beat like glue. It's a necessary compensation for the shortcomings of the staging: the stolid chorus remains unperturbed by the storm and is directed to perform with unison movements; the acting (apart from Valeri Alexejev) is non-committal, and Alexandre Tarta's video direction somewhat flat-footed. She doesn't manage to make much small-screen sense of an impenetrably murky opening scene, for example, and doesn't seem fond of reaction shots.
Release Date: 2001-01-01
Runtime: 157 minutes
Director: Jürgen Flimm
Top Cast
- Christian Franz as Otello (tenor)
- Emily Magee as Desdemona (soprano)
- Valeri Alexejev as Iago (baritone)
- Stephan Rügamer as Cassio (tenor)
- Andreas Schmidt as Roderigo (tenor)
- Kwangchul Youn as Lodovico (bass)
- Gerd Wolf as Montano (bass)
- Katharina Kammerloher as Emilia (mezzo-soprano)
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