The winnder of the Campoamor Prize as best 2015 production, this Otello - a Macerate Opera Festival and Festival Castell de Peralada coproduction - was entrusted to a star of the current direction firmanent, the Spanish director and set designer Paco Azorin, and conducted by Riccardo Frizza.
Frizza gives back to this Verdi score all of its beauty, its refined orchestral and harmonic writing, at the same time leading with confidence the singers: the solid Othello of the American tenor Stuart Neill, an imposing figure and a very interesting voice, rich in nuances; the lyrical Desdemona of Jessica Nuccio, debuting in this role; and the excellent Jago of Roberto Frontali, a fine Sferisterio, also thanks to an inspiring use of lighting and projections
Part 1
Otello
1 Opening Credits
Act I
2 Una vela! (Chorus, Montano, Cassio, Iago, Roderigo)
3 Esultate! (Otello, Chorus, Iago, Roderigo)
4 Fuoco di gioia! (Chorus)
5 Roderigo, beviam! (Iago, Cassio, Chorus, Roderigo)
6 Inaffia l'ugola! (Iago, Cassio, Roderigo, Chorus)
7 Capitano, v'attende (Montano, Cassio, Iago, Roderigo, Chorus)
8 Gia nella notte (Otello, Desdemona)
Act II
9 Non ti cruciar (Iago, Cassio)
10 Credo in un Dio crudel, "Iago's Credo" (Iago)
11 Cio m'accora (Iago, Otello)
12 Dove guardi splendono (Chorus, Iago, Desdemona, Otello)
13 D'un uom che geme (Desdemona, Otello, Iago, Emilia)
14 Desdemona rea! (Otello, Iago)
15 Ora e per sempre addio (Otello, Iago)
16 Era la notte (Iago, Otello)
Part 2
Act III
1 Introduction
2 La vedetta del porto (Herald, Otello, Iago)
3 Dio ti giocondi, o sposo (Desdemona, Otello)
4 Dio! Mi potevi scagliar (Otello, Iago)
5 Vieni, l'aula e deserta (Iago, Cassio, Otello)
6 Come la uccidero? (Otello, Iago, Chorus)
7 Viva il Leon di San Marco! (Chorus, Lodovico, Otello, Desdemona, Emilia, Jago, Roderigo)
8 A terra! (Desdemona, Emilia, Cassio, Roderigo, Lodovico, Chorus, Iago, Otello)
Act IV
9 Era piu calmo? (Emilia, Desdemona)
10 Mia madre aveva una povera ancella, "Willow Song" (Desdemona, Emilia)
11 Ave Maria (Desdemona)
12 Chi e la? (Desdemona, Otello)
13 Calma come la tomba (Otello, Emilia, Desdemona, Cassio, Iago, Lodovico, Montano)
14 Niun mi tema (Otello, Cassio, Lodovico, Montano)
15 Curtain Call
16 End Credits