Otello

Intro

Otello

Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)

From 23/09/2001 in Ghent - from 14/10/2001 in Antwerp

  • Balázs  Kocsár
  • Guy  Joosten
  • Mikhail Dawidoff
  • Stephen Kechulius
  • Cheryl Barker
  • Susannah  Self
  • Musical direction: Balázs Kocsár
  • Director: Guy Joosten
  • Otello: Mikhail Dawidoff
  • Iago: Stephen Kechulius
  • Desdemona: Cheryl Barker
  • Cassio: David Miller

At the end of his operacarreer, Giuseppe Verdi amazed us with two opera's with which he choosed a radical new way of thinking.

Practical

Surtitles: Dutch.

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