Verdi: Otello Opera Orchestral & Concertos LSO Live

Verdi: Otello

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LS 0700

Verdi: Otello

Label Catalogue Number:
LSO0700

Running Time: 131:20

Release Date: November 2010
Originally recorded in 2010

Composer (1813-1901)
Giuseppe Verdi

Tenor Voice tenor - Otello
Simon O'Neill

Solo bass-baritone - Jago
Gerald Finley

Solo soprano - Desdemona
Anne Schwanewilms

Tenor Voice tenor - Cassio
Allan Clayton

Solo tenor - Roderigo
Ben Johnson

Solo bass - Lodovico
Alexander Tsymbalyuk

Bass Voice bass - Montàno
Matthew Rose

Solo bass - Araldo
Lukas Jakobski

Solo mezzo-soprano - Emilia
Eufemia Tufano

Choral
London Symphony Chorus

Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor
Sir Colin Davis

Venue
Barbican Centre, London

Producer
James Mallinson

Engineer
Jonathan Stokes

Engineer
Neil Hutchinson

Genre:
Opera
Orchestral & Concertos

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GIUSEPPE VERDI

(1813-1901)

Otello (1887)

131:21

Opera in four acts

Music by Giuseppe Verdi

Libretto based on Shakespeare's tragedy, Othello, by Arrigo Boito

Atto Primo

Storm: 'Una vela! Una vela!'

4:06

Coro, Montàno, Cassio, Jago, Roderigo

'Esultate'

2:12

Otello, Coro

'Roderigo, ebben, che pensi'

2:26

Jago, Roderigo

'Fuoco di gioia!'

2:40

Coro

'Roderigo, beviam'

1:32

Jago, Cassio, Coro, Roderigo

'I naffia l'ugola'

3:39

Jago, Cassio, Roderigo, Coro

'Capitano, v'attende'

0:41

Montàno, Cassio, Jago, Roderigo, Coro

'Va al porto'

3:29

Jago, Coro, Otello, Cassio, Montàno

'Già nella notte densa'

9:24

Otello, Desdemona

Atto Secondo

10.

Prelude - 'Non ti crucciar'

2:57

Jago, Cassio

11.

'Credo in un Dio crudel'

5:38

Jago

12.

'Ciò m'accora'

4:13

Jago, Otello

13.

Flower Chorus: 'Un tal proposto'

4:23

Jago, Coro, Fanciulli, Desdemona, Otello

14.

'D'un uom che gemme'

2:06

Desdemona, Otello

15.

'Dammi la dolce'

4:06

Desdemona, Otello, Jago, Emilia

16.

'Ora e per sempre addio'

3:49

Otello, Jago: 3:49

17.

'Era la notte'

4:34

Jago, Otello

18.

'Si, pel ciel'

2:31

Otello, Jago

Atto Terzo

19.

Prelude

1:13

20.

'La vedetta del porto'

6:08

Araldo, Otello, Jago, Desdemona

21.

'Esterrefatta'

5:13

Desdemona, Otello

22.

'Dio! mi potevi scagliar tutti i mali'

4:33

Otello, Jago

23.

'Vieni, l'aula è deserta'

5:00

Jago, Cassio, Otello

24.

'Bada'

5:10

Jago, Cassio, Otello, Coro, Lodovico, Desdemona, Emilia, Roderigo

25.

'Messeri!'

1:49

Otello, Jago, Cassio, Lodovico

26.

'A terra! … si'

8:04

Desdemona, Emilia, Cassio, Roderigo, Lodovico, Otello, Jago, Coro

Atto Quarto

27.

Prelude - 'Era più calmo?'

4:38

Emilia, Desdemona

28.

'Piangea cantando'

6:11

Desdemona

29.

'Ave Maria'

4:15

Desdemona

30.

'Che è là?'

3:09

Desdemona, Otello

31.

'Diceste questa sera'

4:34

Otello, Desdemona, Emilia

32.

'O mentitrice!'

1:43

Otello, Emilia, Cassio, Jago, Lodovico, Montàno

33.

'Niun mi tema'

5:14

Otello, Cassio, Lodovico, Montàno

Solo: Gerald Finley bass-baritone - Jago

Solo: Anne Schwanewilms soprano - Desdemona

Solo: Ben Johnson tenor - Roderigo

Solo: Alexander Tsymbalyuk bass - Lodovico

Solo: Lukas Jakobski bass - Araldo

Solo: Eufemia Tufano mezzo-soprano - Emilia

Choral: London Symphony Chorus

Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Sir Colin Davis

December 2009 (live recording)

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Reviews

Colin Davis’s conducting is nothing short of miraculous, with an attention to detail that pulls you into the music, which is superbly played by the LSO, yet with an overview of the whole that is full of insight and which, quite simply, is alive; and the London Symphony Chorus is on blistering form. Highly recommended. Peter Reed

theclassicalsource.com - 17 November 2010

an insightful and revealing account The strong cast offers the virile tenor Simon O’Neill as Otello, the rich-voiced soprano Anne Schwanewilms as Desdemona and the compelling baritone Gerard Finley as an uncommonly intelligent Iago. In his lean, crackling performance Davis offers an alternative to the more typical approach of Verdi conductors who favor richer, darker orchestral textures and weightier voices for Otello and Iago. [The LSO] play brilliantly for him For devotees of the opera it will be a must.

The New York Times

A wonderful recording and a wonderful testament of and to this opera and performance. It must have been wonderful to be at the Barbican and thank God you can get it on CD. And it does sound fantastic - the dynamic range they’ve captured is tremendous.

BBC Radio 3 - CD Review

a spellbinding account, thanks to O’Niell, Anne Schwanewilms’s Desdemona and Gerald Finley’s Iago, but above all to Colin Davis’s warm, urgent but never forced interpretation.

The Observer

Davis’s electrifying conducting keeps the temperature high throughout this gripping performance, recorded live at the Barbican in 2009. SImon O’Neill makes a poerful and confident debut in the title role, well matched against Gerald Finley’s subtle and sneaky Iago a front runner in the field.

The Daily Telegraph

immensely powerful Unlike Domingo, O’Neill sings the repeated A flats of Dio mi potevi as Verdi demands and throughout his clarion tone is thrilling. But the heroes are Gerald Finley, a supremely malignant Iago, the superb orchestra and chorus, and Colin Davis, who makes the terror and pity in the opera almost unbearably vivid."

Sunday Times

Simon O’Neill is the most complete Otello sine Domingo Gerald Finley’s debut as Iago is also a great reading."

BBC Music Magazine

Editor’s Choice
"I find this Otello tremendously exciting. SImon O’Neill sings beautifully and grows in stature Gerald Finley gives a masterful account of the part."

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