LA Opera presents “Otello” with select performances through March 9, 08 (Tickets & Preview)

Verdi’s greatest tragic opera

From the opening tempest scene to the spine tingling finish, Verdi’s transformation of the original Shakespeare play crackles with theatrical electricity and incandescent intensity. When the evil Iago cleverly exploits Otello’s obsessive jealousy, the Moor’s innocent wife Desdemona is blindsided in the explosive dramatic friction. This musical portrait of Otello’s descent into a tortured heart of darkness is explicit in every chilling detail – you’ll feel the Moor’s temples throb with Vesuvian rage and hear the blood boiling in his veins as he destroys all in life that he holds dear.

PRODUCTION DATES

CAST LIST

OTELLO	Ian Storey	View Profile
DESDEMONA (FEB. 16)	Elena Evseeva	View Profile
DESDEMONA	Cristina Gallardo-Domâs	View Profile
IAGO	Mark Delavan	View Profile
CASSIO	Derek Taylor	View Profile
EMILIA	Ning Liang	View Profile
LUDOVICO	Eric Halfvarson	View Profile
RODERIGO	Gregory Warren	View Profile
MONTANO	Ryan McKinny	View Profile
HERALD	Matthew Moore	View Profile

CREATIVE TEAM

CONDUCTOR	James Conlon	View Profile
DIRECTOR	John Cox	View Profile
DESIGNER	Johan Engels	View Profile
LIGHTING DESIGNER	Simon Corder	View Profile
ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR/CHORUS MASTER	Grant Gershon	View Profile

RUNNING TIME
3 hours 15 minutes, including two intermissions.

PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURE [ Listen ]
One hour prior to each performance.
Music Director James Conlon interviewed by Alan Chapman.
Pre-performance lectures are generously sponsored by the Flora L. Thornton Foundation and the Opera League of Los Angeles.

PRODUCTION NOTES:
Co-production with Opéra de Monte-Carlo and Teatro Regio di Parma.
Sung in Italian with English supertitles.