Verdi Otello

Desdemona in Verdi's Otello was a career role for soprano Renata Tebaldi, from her first operatic performance outside of Italy to her final appearance on the opera stage. Between those landmarks she performed the role nearly 100 times all over the world and made studio audio recordings that became reference recordings for the role. This 1962 production with the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Giuseppe Patane was planned as a media event from the outset and blessedly captures a consummate artist in a signature role at the peak of her gifts.

Cast

Renata Tebaldi Desdemona Hans Beirer Otello William Dooley Jago Mario Ferrara Cassio

Karl-Ernst Mercker Rodrigo

Sieglinde Wagner Emilia

Ivan Sardi Lodovico

Pecca Salomaa Montano

Hans-Dietrich Pohl Herald

Giuseppe Patanè Conductor

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