The Royal Opera - Otello Reviews | 26 April 2024 |
Performance reviews
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OtelloThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 15 |
Keith Warner’s 2017 Otello returns to London’s Royal Opera House |
26 Dec 19 / The Opera Critic |
A strong cast for Verdi’s take on Shakespeare’s Otello |
18 Dec 19 / The Article |
Nel ruolo del titolo si impone uno strepitoso Gregory Kunde |
16 Dec 19 / Connessi all'Opera |
Verdi repressed in reductive production with disappointing turns from Kunde, Alvarez and Jaho |
16 Dec 19 / OperaWire |
Superb singing defies Warner’s uneven production |
13 Dec 19 / Opera Today |
Covent Garden does glorious justice to this fine work |
12 Dec 19 / Express |
Kunde, Jaho, and Pappano make Warner’s Otello at Covent Garden show what great opera is all about |
12 Dec 19 / Seen and Heard |
A production which mostly depends upon three starry performances for its success |
11 Dec 19 / Music OMH |
A production that underwhelms |
11 Dec 19 / Broadway World |
Three outstanding performances from production's Iago, Otello and Desdemona |
11 Dec 19 / Independent |
This ugly production lacks grandeur |
11 Dec 19 / Telegraph |
A strong cast in a lacklustre production |
11 Dec 19 / The Stage |
The ugly truth about Otello at the Royal Opera House |
11 Dec 19 / Financial Times |
“Esultate!” Kunde's Otello impresses at Covent Garden |
11 Dec 19 / Bachtrack |
Antonio Pappano’s account of the score bristles and blisters excitingly |
11 Dec 19 / Classical Source |
Production details
Cast
Jaho, Alvarez, De Tommaso, Presno, Soar, Mofidian, Carby, Kimberg, Kunde
(c) Pappano (d) Warner
Performance dates
9, 13, 16, 19, 22 December 2019
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