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Giuseppe Verdi's Otello

Franco Farina stars as the troubled governor in Verdi's Shakespearean-inspired Otello.

Bucharest National Opera

August 14, 2010, 1:00 pm

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: Miguel Gomez-Martinez

 

Cast: Franco Farina (Otello): Carmen Gurban (Desdemona); Alberto Gazale (Iago); Sorin Lupu (Cassio); Flroin Pop (Roderigo); Liliana Neciu (Emilia); Mircea Moisa (Lodovico); Stefan Schuller (Montano)

 

Leave it to Verdi to take a classic tragedy by Shakespeare and, if anything, make it even more powerful and heartrending. Otello, Iago and Desdemona, three of literature’s most compelling characters, come to life in what many consider Verdi’s most moving opera.

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