Name: Otello
Start: 2024-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opernhaus

Organization

Conductor

Sesto Quatrini

Stage director

Johannes Erath

Set designer

Dirk Becker

Costume designer

Silke Willrett

Lighting designer

Joachim Klein

Chorus master

Tilman Michael

Álvaro Corral Matute

Dramaturge

Norbert Abels

Singer

Tenor

Alfred Kim

Otello

Baritone

Iain MacNeil

Iago

Soprano

Nino Machaidze

Desdemona

Mezzo-soprano

Claudia Mahnke

Emilia

Michael Porter

Cassio

Jonathan Abernethy

Roderigo

Bass

Kihwan Sim

Lodovico

Magnús Baldvinsson

Montano

Oper Frankfurt

Orchestra

Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester

Others

Choir of the Frankfurt Opera

Seung Won Choi

A Herald

Italian

Otello -  (Othello)

Frankfurt am Main

Germany

Opernhaus

Otello Verdi

Public

Othello

German

English

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Are we fascinated by a story about a handkerchief or a hero who's crushed by being treated as an outsider – or a sad, innocent woman, from whom husband and life are snatched? Maybe we'll see the death of a devious villain too? It’s up to us to see and hear what we want. »If I don’t love you, Desdemona, chaos will return!« Director Johannes Erath found the key for his production of Verdi’s highly dramatic opera in this quote from Shakespeare's play. The »Chaos« for Otello was labouriously working his way up and out of his deprived soldier‘s life, and being marginalised because of the colour of his skin. It begins with a bang, a storm and cheers that a protagonist’s life has been saved, and ends tragically. Verdi, and his kindred spirit librettist Arrigo Boito's opera left their contemporaries and the traditional form of opera in their wake.

Staunen wir über die Geschichte eines Taschentuchs oder die Geschichte eines Helden, der an seinem Außenseitertum zugrunde geht – oder über die traurige Geschichte einer Unschuldigen, der Mann und Leben gestohlen werden? Uns bleibt die Wahl, das zu hören oder zu sehen, was wir wollen – alle Tragödien, Geschichten, Tode. »Wenn ich dich, Desdemona, nicht liebe, dann kehrt das Chaos zurück!« In diesem Shakespeare-Zitat sieht Regisseur Johannes Erath den Schlüssel zu seiner Inszenierung von Giuseppe Verdis hochdramatischer Oper. Das »Chaos« ist für Otello sein entbehrungsreiches Soldatenleben, in dem er sich mühsam hochgearbeitet hat, und es ist die Erfahrung der Ausgrenzung aufgrund seiner Hautfarbe. Der Abend beginnt mit einem fulminanten Auftakt, einem Unwetter und dem jubelnden Auftritt eines geretteten Protagonisten, und endet tragisch in E-Dur. Spätestens mit dieser Oper hat Verdi – auch dank seines kongenialen Librettisten Arrigo Boito – die Komponisten seiner Zeit und die traditionelle Form der Nummernoper weit hinter sich gelassen.

Deutsch

Othello by Verdi, From (2024/2024), Directed by Johannes Erath,, Conductor Sesto Quatrini, Opernhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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