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The Royal Opera's final live cinema relay of the 2016/17 Season saw Jonas Kaufmann tackling one of Italian opera's most challenging roles.
The treacherous ensign Iago vows to destroy the Moorish general Otello. He hatches a plot to disgrace Otello’s captain Cassio, then hints to Otello that Cassio and Otello’s young wife Desdemona are having an affair.
Light and dark, good and evil: Keith Warner’s production focuses on the violent conflicts at the core of Otello’s story. Boris Kudlicka’s semi-abstract sets and Kaspar Glarner’s costumes mirror the contrasting innocence of Desdemona and malevolence of Iago. Warner sensitively examines the relationships between Moors, Turks and Westerners in Shakespeare’s time to highlight Otello feeling an outsider in his society, which contributes to his loss of confidence and gradual mental collapse.
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The Royal Opera's final live cinema relay of the 2016/17 Season saw Jonas Kaufmann tackling one of Italian opera's most challenging roles.
Join Jonas Kaufmann as he makes his role debut in Verdi’s thrilling Shakespeare-inspired opera.
Everything you need to know about this fiery Shakespearean tragedy, a late work from the master of Italian opera.
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