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As part of C Major’s TUTTO VERDI project, this live-production of Otello from the 2008 Salzburg Festival features Ricardo Muti – one of the world’s best Verdi conductors – and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The cast includes young singers Marina Poplavskaya and Stephen Costello. The stage production is from Stephen Langridge, known from his work at London´s Royal Festival Hall, in Tokyo and Bregenz.

Giuseppe Verdi
OTELLO
(Blu-ray Disc Version)

Otello – Aleksandrs Antonenko
Desdemona – Marina Poplavskaya
Jago – Carlos Álvarez
Emilia – Barbara Di Castri
Cassio – Stephen Costello
Roderigo – Antonello Ceron
Lodovico – Mikhail Petrenko
Montano – Simone del Savio
Un araldo – Andrea Porta

Salzburg Festival Children’s Chorus
Vienna State Opera Chorus
(chorus master: Thomas Lang)
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor

Stephen Langridge, stage director
George Souglides, set designer
Emma Ryott, costume designer
Giuseppe di Iorio, lighting designer

Recorded live at the Salzburg Festival, 5–10 August 2008

Bonus:
- Introduction to Otello

Picture format: 1080i High Definition
Sound format: PCM Stereo / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese
Running time: 143 mins (opera) + 10 mins (bonus)
No. of Discs: 1 (Blu-ray)