Product Overview
Verdi - Otello DVD 2012 / Johan Botha, Renée Fleming, Falk Struckmann / The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus adn Ballet / Conducted by Semyon Bychkov / Directed by Barbara Willis Sweete
UPC 044007438626
MADE IN EU
074 3862
REGION 0 NTSC DVD (ALL REGIONS)
MADE IN GERMANY
Audio: DD 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Chinese, Korean
Runtime: 157 minutes + 10 min bonus
English Summary:
Johan Botha (Otello), Renée Fleming (Desdemona), Falk Struckmann (Iago) & Michael Fabiano (Cassio), Renée Tatum (Emilia), James Morris (Lodovico), Eduardo Valdes (Roderigo)
The Metropolitan Opera, Chorus & Ballet, Semyon Bychkov, Elijah Moshinsky (director)
The sound and [Fleming] performance, vocally and as an actress, are outstanding and could not be better framed than in this traditionally costumed and staged production...her contribution to the love duet at the end of act one, her soaring voice over the drama in act three and her heart-rending singing of the Willow Song and Ave Maria in act four are the highlights
- Otello - Johan Botha
- Desdemona - Renée Fleming
- Iago - Falk Struckmann
- Cassio - Michael Fabiano
- Emilia - Renée Tatum
- Roderigo - Eduardo Valdes
- Montano - Stephen Gaertner
- Lodovico - James Morris
- A Herald - Luthando Qave
Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Ballet
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra/Semyon Bychkov
Production - Elijah Moshinsky
Set Designer - Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer - Peter J. Hall
Lighting Designer - Duane Schuler
Choreographer - Eleanor Fazan
Stage Director - David Kneuss
Recorded Live at the Metropolitan Opera, NY - Oct. 27, 2012
Bonus Feature - Backstage at Otello (includes interviews of cast members and other features)
