Verdi, Giuseppe - Otello[DVD]

"Libretto" Arrigo Boito according to the play of William Shakespeare "Actors" Otello: Placido Domingo Iago: Leo Nucci Cassio: Cesare Catani Roderigo: Antonello Ceron Lodovico: Giovanni Battista Parodi Desdemona: Barbara Frittoli Emilia: Rossana Rinaldi Montano: Cesare Lana A messenger: Ernesto Panariello "Musicians" Choir, children's choir and orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala Children's choir of the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Milan Director: Riccardo Muti "Direction" Stage direction: Graham Vick Video direction: Carlo Battistoni "Recording" 2001 - Teatro alla Scala in collaboration with RAI Trade "Otello" Milan's 2001 Otello traditionally opened La Scala's season on December 7, but it was also the farewell production before the house's three-year renovation phase, and not least, a brilliant end to Verdi's year! The public and press hailed Barbara Frittoli as a young and charming Desdemona, Leo Nucci as a commanding Iago and Placido Domingo as a thrilling Otello in both acting and singing. For a quarter of a century, Domingo had been the leading international "Moor of Venice," and now he bid farewell to this party in Milan - "in triumph," as the "Herald Tribune" put it."