Venice - Open-air 'Othello'
July 14, 2013, Sunday
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ST Mark's Square in Venice on Wednesday was the spectacular backdrop to a tragic opera in the first open-air performance in 43 years by the famous La Fenice theater - a new must on the global culture calendar.
La Fenice is staging Italian maestro Giuseppe Verdi's interpretation of Shakespeare's "Othello, the Moor of Venice" - with South Korea's Chung Myung-whun conducting La Fenice's orchestra and choir.
This performance, which coincides with the 200th anniversary of Verdi's birth, is held in the courtyard of the richly decorated Doge's Palace that takes up one side of the square.
US tenor Gregory Kunde plays Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army, and Italian soprano Carmela Remigio plays his spouse Desdemona.
"Othello" was one of Verdi's last works and premiered to a rapturous welcome at La Scala in Milan in 1887.
Verdi at the time had not composed an opera since "Aida" in 1871 and there were doubts about his career.
"Othello" is set in a town in Cyprus in the 15th century when the glory of Venice was at its peak, and it is filled with references to the great trading empire. "Othello" will be staged again today and Wednesday. Tickets are up to 500 euros (US$643) each. It is the highlight of a music festival running until August 24.
La Fenice is staging Italian maestro Giuseppe Verdi's interpretation of Shakespeare's "Othello, the Moor of Venice" - with South Korea's Chung Myung-whun conducting La Fenice's orchestra and choir.
This performance, which coincides with the 200th anniversary of Verdi's birth, is held in the courtyard of the richly decorated Doge's Palace that takes up one side of the square.
US tenor Gregory Kunde plays Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army, and Italian soprano Carmela Remigio plays his spouse Desdemona.
"Othello" was one of Verdi's last works and premiered to a rapturous welcome at La Scala in Milan in 1887.
Verdi at the time had not composed an opera since "Aida" in 1871 and there were doubts about his career.
"Othello" is set in a town in Cyprus in the 15th century when the glory of Venice was at its peak, and it is filled with references to the great trading empire. "Othello" will be staged again today and Wednesday. Tickets are up to 500 euros (US$643) each. It is the highlight of a music festival running until August 24.
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