Various - Verdi: Otello

A superb new Otello from the Salzburg Easter Festival: �Cura is a commanding Otello with his richly coloured tenor and both fragile delicacy and fiery ardour� (S�dwestpresse). �R�schmann as Desdemona guarantees effortless perfection� (Neue Musikzeitung). ��lvarez as Iago would be hard to surpass� (Abendzeitung). This Salzburg production � featuring �a cast worthy of any festival� (S�dwestpresse) � is conducted by Christian Thielemann, who displays a command of Verdian tragedy to match his celebrated sovereignty in Wagner. He and his great Dresden Staatskapelle, a consummate opera ensemble, �achieve wonders� (Die Presse), �generating Italian �Musikdrama� with their incandescence and precise nuances� (Abendzeitung). In his fascinating staging, director Vincent Broussard integrates video with set and lighting design to create an idealised visual context for what he calls Otello�s �conflict of ancient and modern, of 2D and 3D�.