Giuseppe Verdi: Otello - R. Vinay, A. Stella, G. Taddei, I. Pasini, Z. Negroni, Sir Thomas Beecham / Buenos Aires 1958. Opera Live / Golden Melodram 2x Audio CD 2007 Mono / GM 5.0068
UPC 608974150686
Otello (Italian pronunciation: [oˈtɛllo]) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Othello. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 5 February 1887.
The composer was reluctant to write anything new after the success of Aida in 1871, and he retreated into retirement. It took his Milan publisher Giulio Ricordi the next ten years, first to encourage the revision of Verdi's 1857 Simon Boccanegra by introducing Boito as librettist and then to begin the arduous process of persuading and cajoling Verdi to see Boito's completed libretto for Otello in July/August 1881. However, the process of writing the first drafts of the libretto and the years of their revision, with Verdi all along not promising anything, dragged on. It wasn't until 1884, five years after the first drafts of the libretto, that composition began, with most of the work finishing in late 1885. When it finally premiered in Milan on 5 February 1887, it proved to be a resounding success, and further stagings of Otello soon followed at leading theatres throughout Europe and America.
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Golden Melodram – GM 5.0068 |
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2 x CD, Mono
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Slovenia |
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2007 |
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Classical |
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Opera, Romantic |
Tracklist:
1-9 |
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Venga La Morte! |
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Otello, Act II
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1-11 |
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Credo In Un Dio Crudel (Iago's Credo) |
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1-14 |
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Dove Guardi Splendono |
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1-16 |
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Se Inconscia, Contro Te, Sposo |
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1-18 |
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Ora È Per Sempre Addio |
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1-20 |
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Sì, Cel Ciel |
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Otello, Act III
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2-3 |
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Dio Ti Giocondi, O Sposo |
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2-4 |
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Tu di Me Ti Fai Giocco |
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2-5 |
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Esterrefatta Fisso Lo Sguardo Tuo |
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2-6 |
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Dio! Mi Potevi Scagliar |
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2-7 |
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Vieni, L'aula È Deserta |
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2-11 |
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A Terra! ...Sì...Nel Livido Fango |
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2-12 |
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Fuggite! |
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Otello, Act IV
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2-11 |
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Mia Madre Aveva Una Povera Ancella (Willow Song) |
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- Baritone Vocals [Iago] – Giuseppe Taddei
- Baritone Vocals [Montano] – Guerrino Boschetti
- Bass Vocals [Ludovico] – Giuseppe Modesti
- Chorus – Coro Del Teatro Colón
- Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi
- Conductor – Sir Thomas Beecham
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Emilia] – Zaira Negroni
- Orchestra – Orquesta Estable Del Teatro Colón
- Soprano Vocals [Desdemona] – Antonietta Stella
- Tenor Vocals [Cassio] – Italo Pasini
- Tenor Vocals [Otello] – Ramón Vinay
- Tenor Vocals [Roderigo] – Umberto di Toto