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Zi-Zhao Guo

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Mariana Hochelová

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Ivan Zvarík

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Dušan Šimo

Rodrigo

Peter Malý

Jago

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Jarmila Balážová

Emilia

Karol Kurtulík

Doge

Tomáš Dedič

Lucio

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Marián Vach

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Andrea Hlinková

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Miriam Struhárová

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Boris Hanečka

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Alžbeta Lukáčová

Un gondoliere

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Oldrich Husak

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Pomsta sa rodí z emócie. O čo silnejší bol cit, o to ničivejšia je odplata. Tento citát vychádza z antickej tragédie a je veľmi výstižný aj pre Shakespearovho Othella, ktorý sa stal predlohou mnohých umeleckých diel.

Rosiniho opera Otello v posledných desaťročiach na svetovej opernej scéne zažíva veľké znovuzrodenie. Zaraďuje sa medzi „rossiniovky", ktoré sú vždy veľkou výzvou pre spevákov a zároveň ich nočnou morou, a to najmä pre náročnosť hudobných partov - od interpretov vyžadujú technickú bravúru a vokálnu vyspelosť.

Príbeh žiarlivého muža, ktorý chladnokrvne zavraždí (alebo v našom prípade aj nezavraždí) svoju milovanú ženu, snáď netreba nikomu predstavovať.

Hrajú:
Otello: Zi-Zhao Guo
Desdemona: Mariana Sajko
Elmiro: Ivan Zvarík
Rodrigo: Dušan Šimo
Jago: Peter Malý
Emilia: Jarmila Balážová
Doge: Karol Kurtulík
Lucio: Tomáš Dedič
Un Gondoliere: Tomáš Dedič

Spoluúčinkuje: Zbor a orchester Štátnej opery
Koncertný majster: Oldřich Husák

Hudobné naštudovanie: Marian Vach
Dirigent: Marian Vach
Réžia: Andrea Hlinková
Zbormajster: Ján Procházka
Scéna: Miriam Struhárová
Kostýmy: Boris Hanečka
Libreto: Francesco Berio di Salsa
Dramaturgia: Alžbeta Lukáčová

Otello  is a brilliant work by an early Italian opera from 1816, based on a French adaptation of Shakespeare's drama of the same name. Since the composer Gioacchino Rossini and the librettist Francesco Beria di Salsa have never seen the original English drama, the story of the work unfolds differently than the Elizabethan playwright actually wrote it. We move from Cyprus to Venice, several characters have a changed character and a stand in the story, which is quite schematic: two tenors compete for the hand of a prima donna. Otello  was initially not positively received in the English-speaking world in particular - the English poet Lord Byron even wrote in 1818:  They persecuted Otello until the opera and crucified him. The score is a real lottery bet - get six tenors, soprano, mezzo-soprano and bass. Despite such critical remarks  , Otello  achieved fame, even world fame. Verdi himself approached this work with great respect a few decades later when composing his own  Otell  (premiere in 1887), because he realized that his work would be critically compared to Rossini. The fact that Verdi's  Otello  eventually passed the sieve of time more successfully does not change the fact that Rossini's  Otello represents a major milestone in the development of 19th century musical drama. It is also one of the key works, thanks to which the so-called Rossini Renaissance, ie the rediscovery of unknown works by this great composer. In fact, it persists to this day, and the State Opera joins it by staging this magnificent work of world opera literature.

The production of the State Opera from 2019 is the first in Slovakia. The work was presented as the title of the exclusive singing qualities of its performers, which was also highly praised by professional critics. Chinese tenor Zi-Zhao Guo and young Slovak soprano Mariana Sajko perform their life performances in extremely demanding vocal parts. The work was musically staged and conducted by Marián Vach, directed by Andrea Hlinková, costumes by Boris Haneček and stage by Miriam Struhárová.

English

Otello by Rossini, From (2019/2019), Directed by Andrea Hlinková,, Conductor Marián Vach, Štátna Opera, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

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