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CHAN 3068
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
Verdi: Otello
Running Time: 137:39
Release Date: September 2001
Originally recorded in January 1983
Composer (1813-1901)
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Solo tenor - Otello
Charles Craig
Charles Craig
Soprano Voice soprano - Desdemona
Rosalind Plowright
Rosalind Plowright
Solo baritone - Iago
Neil Howlett
Neil Howlett
Solo mezzo-soprano - Emilia
Shelagh Squires
Shelagh Squires
Solo tenor - Cassio
Bonaventura Bottone
Bonaventura Bottone
Solo tenor - Roderigo
Stuart Kale
Stuart Kale
Solo bass - Lodovico
Sean Rea
Sean Rea
Solo baritone - Montano
Malcolm Rivers
Malcolm Rivers
Solo baritone - Herald
Gordon Traynor
Gordon Traynor
Orchestra
English National Opera Orchestra
English National Opera Orchestra
Conductor
Sir Mark Elder
Sir Mark Elder
Venue
London Coliseum
London Coliseum
Producer
John Fraser
John Fraser
Engineer
Stuart Eltham
Stuart Eltham
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
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Opera - Otello
GIUSEPPE VERDI
(1813-1901)Otello
138:06
Dramma lirico in four acts
Libretto by Arrigo Boito after Shakespeare, English translation by Andrew Porter
COMPACT DISC ONE
Act I
Scene 1
1.
'See, the sail there!'
4:22
Chorus, Montano, Cassio, Iago, Roderigo
2.
'Oh rejoice now!'
2:17
Otello, Chorus
3.
'Roderigo, speak up'
2:45
Iago, Roderigo
4.
'Flame of rejoicing!'
2:23
Chorus
5.
'Roderigo, drink up!'
1:36
Iago, Cassio, Chorus
6.
Brindisi: 'Good comrades, brave and true'
3:47
Iago, Cassio, Chorus, Roderigo
7.
'Captain Cassio, the guard awaits your orders'
1:15
Montano, Cassio, Iago, Chorus
Scene 2
8.
'Your swords cast before me!'
3:07
Otello, Iago, Cassio, Montano
Scene 3
9.
'Now in the silent darkness'
2:30
Otello, Desdemona
10.
'Once when you told me of your life in exile'
7:33
Desdemona, Otello
Act II
Scene 1
11.
'Don't give up hope, but trust in me'
2:42
Iago, Cassio
Scene 2
12.
'Take it; take the path to your ruin'
0:32
13.
Yes, I believe in a God who has created me'
4:25
14.
'There she is . . . Cassio . . . your chance . . .'
1:23
Scene 3
15.
'How distressing . . '
2:52
16.
'Beware, O my lord, beware of jealousy'
2:17
Iago, Otello
17.
'At your glances, flame in our hearts'
4:01
Chorus, Desdemona, Otello, Iago
Scene 4
18.
'I come from someone who has felt your anger'
2:22
Desdemona, Otello
19.
'Grant me, oh grant me sweet words of pardon'
2:55
Desdemona, Otello, Iago, Emilia
Scene 5
20.
'Desdemona guilty!'
1:41
21.
'Now and forever farewell'
2:10
22.
'By all creation! Can I believe in Desdemona?'
1:24
Otello, Iago
23.
'Darkness had fallen, Cassio was sleeping . . .'
4:37
Iago, Otello
24.
'See me swear, you heavens above me!'
3:01
Otelo, Iago
68:12
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act III
Scene 1
1.
'I bring word that the watchman at the harbour'
2:54
Herald, Otello, Iago
Scene 2
2.
'God give you joy, Otello'
3:12
3.
'You are trying to tease me'
6:59
Desdemona, Otello
Scene 3
4.
'God! Had it pleased you to try me with affliction'
4:22
Scene 4
'Ah! Damned for ever!'
Otello, Iago
Scene 5
5.
'Come now; the hall's deserted'
3:52
Iago, Cassio, Otello
6.
'This is a cobweb, men are flies'
1:56
Iago, Cassio
Scene 6
7.
'How shall I take her life?'
1:14
Otello, Iago, Chorus
Scene 7
8.
'Hail him! All hail him!'
3:43
Chorus, Lodovico, Otello, Desdemona, Emilia, Iago
Scene 8
9.
'All hear me! The Doge . . .'
1:49
Otello, Roderigo, Iago, Cassio, Lodovico
10.
'I lie here! Yes: I lie in the dust here . . .'
3:40
Desdemona, Emilia, Roderigo, Cassio, Lodovico, Chorus, Iago, Otello
11.
'All in this day of glory rejoice'
1:56
Iago, Chorus, Otello, Lodovico, Desdemona
Scene 9
12.
'But who can flee himself!'
1:53
Otello, Iago, Chorus
Act IV
Scene 1
13.
'Did he seem calmer?'
4:56
14.
'''The poor soul sat sighing beneath a willow . . .'''
7:05
Desdemona, Emilia
Scene 2
15.
'Ave Maria, mother of mercy'
5:01
Desdemona
Scene 3
16.
'Who's there? . . . Otello?'
6:23
Desdemona, Otello
17.
'Calm and cold as the tomb'
2:00
Otello, Emilia, Desdemona
Scene 4
18.
'Who's shouting! Oh God! Ah no!'
1:30
Emilia, Iago, Otello, Cassio, Montano, Lodovico
19.
'Do not fear me'
5:17
Otello, Cassio, Chorus
69:54
Solo: Charles Craig tenor - Otello
Solo: Neil Howlett baritone - Iago
Solo: Shelagh Squires mezzo-soprano - Emilia
Solo: Bonaventura Bottone tenor - Cassio
Solo: Stuart Kale tenor - Roderigo
Solo: Sean Rea bass - Lodovico
Solo: Malcolm Rivers baritone - Montano
Solo: Gordon Traynor baritone - Herald
Choral: English National Opera Chorus
Orchestra: English National Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Mark Elder
6, 22, 25 & 28 January 1983
