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Verdi: Otello
Inauguration and Farewell Party
The Milan Otello traditionally opens the Scala season and did so in 2001 on 7 December, but at the same time it was the farewell production before the start of the three-year renovation of the house and not least a brilliant end to the Verdi Year. The audience as well as the press cheered Barbara Frittoli as a youthfully charming Desdemona, Leo Nucci as cleverly self-controlled Iago and Plácido Domingo as a thrilling Otello, both from the dramatic and the singing point of view. Domingo had been the leading Moro di Venezi for a quarter of a century, and in Milan he said farewell to this role – "in triumph", according to 'The Herald Tribune'. Graham Vick's direction, which treats the emotional drama of the protagonists in a sensitive rather than sensationalist way, no doubt contributed in great measure to the success of this production. The cylindrical uniform stage set by Ezio Frigerio emphasised the hopeless consequence of the tragedy, as did the Orchestra della Scala, which, under the baton of Riccardo Muti, never sacrificed the dark, disturbing elements of the score to the rich melodious sound. Moreover, Muti deviated from the traditional performance in that he fell back on Verdi's dramatically accentuated version of the finale of the 3rd act, which he wrote for Paris in 1894.
Plácido Domingo is the finest Otello of our time, and Riccardo Muti is as good as any Verdi conductor around, so their partnership at La Scala, in a naturalistic production by Graham Vick, was guaranteed to be memorable…" The Guardian
"The real protagonist is Riccardo Muti. The Italian tradition manifests itself in him in the best sense: as philological circumspection, as consistent commitment to the musical text – the result of which are the transparency and nuances of the sound, the enormous range between fast and slow, forte and piano – and finally as that particular organic breathing with the singers, which makes a conductor an accompanist." Neue Zürcher Zeitung
The Milan Otello traditionally opens the Scala season and did so in 2001 on 7 December, but at the same time it was the farewell production before the start of the three-year renovation of the house and not least a brilliant end to the Verdi Year. The audience as well as the press cheered Barbara Frittoli as a youthfully charming Desdemona, Leo Nucci as cleverly self-controlled Iago and Plácido Domingo as a thrilling Otello, both from the dramatic and the singing point of view. Domingo had been the leading Moro di Venezi for a quarter of a century, and in Milan he said farewell to this role – "in triumph", according to 'The Herald Tribune'. Graham Vick's direction, which treats the emotional drama of the protagonists in a sensitive rather than sensationalist way, no doubt contributed in great measure to the success of this production. The cylindrical uniform stage set by Ezio Frigerio emphasised the hopeless consequence of the tragedy, as did the Orchestra della Scala, which, under the baton of Riccardo Muti, never sacrificed the dark, disturbing elements of the score to the rich melodious sound. Moreover, Muti deviated from the traditional performance in that he fell back on Verdi's dramatically accentuated version of the finale of the 3rd act, which he wrote for Paris in 1894.
Plácido Domingo is the finest Otello of our time, and Riccardo Muti is as good as any Verdi conductor around, so their partnership at La Scala, in a naturalistic production by Graham Vick, was guaranteed to be memorable…" The Guardian
"The real protagonist is Riccardo Muti. The Italian tradition manifests itself in him in the best sense: as philological circumspection, as consistent commitment to the musical text – the result of which are the transparency and nuances of the sound, the enormous range between fast and slow, forte and piano – and finally as that particular organic breathing with the singers, which makes a conductor an accompanist." Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Disc 1
- Otello (La Scala, 2001) (NTSC) - 140:00:00
Otello (La Scala, 2001) (NTSC) (more info)
Performed by:
Milan La Scala Orchestra
Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Placido Domingo Ricardo Muti
Antonello Ceron, tenor
Rossana Rinaldi, mezzo-soprano
Cesare Catani, tenor
Barbara Frittoli, soprano
Leo Nucci, baritone
Jeremy Filsell, organ
Lana Cesare,
Produced by: Butler, Peter
Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Placido Domingo Ricardo Muti
Antonello Ceron, tenor
Rossana Rinaldi, mezzo-soprano
Cesare Catani, tenor
Barbara Frittoli, soprano
Leo Nucci, baritone
Jeremy Filsell, organ
Lana Cesare,
Produced by: Butler, Peter
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Composer(s)/ Author(s):
Verdi, Giuseppe
Conductor(s):
Domingo, Placido; Muti, Ricardo
Orchestra(s):
Milan La Scala Orchestra
Artist(s):
Catani, Cesare; Ceron, Antonello; Cesare, Lana; Filsell, Jeremy; Frittoli, Barbara; Nucci, Leo; Rinaldi, Rossana
Label: Arthaus Dvd
UPC: 807280709094
Item Number: 107090
Release Date: Jul 27, 2009
Verdi, Giuseppe
Conductor(s):
Domingo, Placido; Muti, Ricardo
Orchestra(s):
Milan La Scala Orchestra
Artist(s):
Catani, Cesare; Ceron, Antonello; Cesare, Lana; Filsell, Jeremy; Frittoli, Barbara; Nucci, Leo; Rinaldi, Rossana
Label: Arthaus Dvd
UPC: 807280709094
Item Number: 107090
Release Date: Jul 27, 2009
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