Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - Otello (1985)
Cover Front Album
Composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Conductor James Levine
Orchestra / Ensemble I National Philharmonic Orchestra
Length 133:59
Format CD
Genre Vocal; Opera
Chorus I Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Chorus Master John McCarthy
Index 601
Out of Print Yes
Musicians
Soloist Domingo; Scotto; Milnes; Little; Crook; Plishka; King; Kraft
Credits
Producer Richard Mohr
Label BMG/RCA
Catalog Line Red Seal
Track List
Otello 65:35
01 Act I: "Una vela!" 04:13
02 Act I: "Esultate!" 04:55
03 Act I: "Fuoco di gioia!" 02:30
04 Act I: "Roderigo, beviam!" 01:30
05 Act I: "Inaffia l'ugola!" 03:43
06 Act I: "Capitano, v'attende" 01:22
07 Act I: "Ola! che avvien?" 03:09
08 Act I: "Gia nella notte" 02:29
09 Act I: "Quando narravi" 03:08
10 Act I: "Venga la morte!" 04:21
11 Act II: "Non ti cruciar" 02:49
12 Act II: "Credo in un Dio crudel" 04:17
13 Act II: "Eccola" 01:21
14 Act II: "Cio m'accora" 04:23
15 Act II: "Dove guardi splendono" 04:33
16 Act II: "D'un uom che gerne" 04:58
17 Act II: "Desdemona rea!" 01:37
18 Act II: "Ora e per sempre addio" 03:33
19 Act II: "Era la notte" 04:14
20 Act II: "Sl, pel ciel!" 02:30
Otello 68:24
01 Act III: Introduction 01:06
02 Act III: "La vedette del porto" 01:12
03 Act III: "Dio ti giocondi, o sposo" 10:26
04 Act III: "Dio! mi potevi scagliar" 04:10
05 Act III: "Vieni, l'aula e deseerta" 03:40
06 Act III: "Questa e una ragna" 01:47
07 Act III: "Come la uccidero" 01:24
08 Act III: "Viva il Leon di San Marco!" 05:12
09 Act III: "A terra!...si...nel livido fango" 08:25
10 Act IV: "Era piu calmo?" 03:35
11 Act IV: "Mia madre aveva una povera ancella" 07:53
12 Act IV: "Ave Maria" 06:59
13 Act IV: "Chi e la?" 03:21
14 Act IV: "Calma come la tomba" 03:27
15 Act IV: "Nium mi tema" 05:47
Personal
Purchase Date 4/6/2002
Value $32.50
Store eBay
Condition 100%
Librettist Arrigo Boito
Nationality Italian
Premiere Teatro alla Scala, Milnan, February 5, 1887
"Form" Opera in Four Acts
Language Italian
Period Romantic
Details
Studio Walthamstow Town Hall, London
Catalog Number 2-2951
Live No
Recording Date 8/1/1978
Spars ADD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
Otello: Placido Domingo
Desdemona: Renata Scotto
Iago: Sherrill Milnes
Cassio: Frank Little
Roderigo: Paul Crook
Lodovico: Paul Plishka
Montano: Malcolm King
Emilia: Jean Kraft
Aroldo: Malcolm King

Notes, illustrations, text and translation

Essay: "'Orhello' and 'Otello'" by George R. Marek