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DESCRIPTION:Dec 7\, 2026 - Jan 5\, 2027\nCoaxing Giuseppe Verdi out of reti
 rement for Otello after a hiatus of 16 years took the concerted effort of 
 a whole cabal of close personal and professional associates. But what clin
 ched the deal was the libretto by Arrigo Boito. Himself a composer of cons
 equence\, Boito possessed the all-but-unique ability to reconcile\, withou
 t compromise\, the values of the playhouse and those of grand opera. Remem
 ber the storm at sea in Act Two of Shakespeare’s play? Probably not\; it
  is background noise the characters onstage practically ignore. In Verdi\,
  it’s the blastoff that sets the whole rocket in motion\, plunging us in
 to the maelstrom like lost souls on Judgment Day. That’s the kind of thi
 ng you can pull off with a full orchestra at full tilt and a wailing choru
 s. But first\, you need the idea. Otello has returned to the Teatro alla S
 cala frequently since its triumphant premiere there on February 5\, 1887\,
  but seldom as the inaugural attraction of a new season. This year\, it ha
 s that distinction. For the strapping tenor Brian Jagde\, in his role debu
 t as the Moor of Venice\, opening night will be a trial by fire. Hardly ha
 ving set foot onstage\, Otello delivers a 30-second victory bulletin whose
  blazing tones are meant to strike the soul with awe and wonder. That’s 
 far from the last we hear from Otello in the apocalyptic vein\, but he’s
  a lover\, too\, passing through a hundred shades of tenderness and loss a
 s his world goes smash. Eleonora Buratto is Otello’s wife Desdemona\, wh
 ose guileless\, angelic music suits her creamy soprano to a T. Luca Salsi\
 , a leading Verdi baritone\, insinuates himself into the villainous Iago\,
  goading Otello to jealousy and murder out of what Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  famously called “motiveless malignancy.” Is it truly motiveless? Perh
 aps the sharp-witted director Damiano Michieletto will tease out other pos
 sibilities. Myung-Whun Chung conducts all performances\; in the final thre
 e\, after Christmas\, Arsen Soghomonyan and Roberta Mantegna take over Ote
 llo and Desdemona\, opposite Roberto Frontali as Iago.
LOCATION:Teatro alla Scala\, Via Filodrammatici\, 2\, 20121 Milano MI\, Ita
 ly
SUMMARY:Otello\, by Giuseppe Verdi
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