Opera

Giuseppe Verdi

Otello

19 Sep, 25 - 06 Oct, 25

Musical conductor
Nicola Luisotti / Giuseppe Mentuccia

Stage direction
David Alden

Chorus and Orchestra
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real

Total approximate running time 3 h

David Alden's production of Otello, Verdi's penultimate opera and one of the great masterpieces of the genre, returns to the Teatro Real. This must-see opera, with its powerful music, tells a tragic story of betrayal, love, jealousy, ambition and deceit based on Shakespeare's timeless drama Othello. It features the great voices of Brian Jagde, Asmik Grigorian, Jorge de León and Maria Agresta, among others.

Dramma lirico in four acts

Music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Libretto by Arrigo Boito after William Shakespeare’s play Othello, or The Moor of Venice (1603)

Premiered at Teatro alla Scala (Milan) on 5 February 1887

Premiered at Teatro Real on 9 October 1890

Production by Teatro Real, in co-production with English National Opera (London) and Kungliga Operan (Stockholm)

The performances of Otello will be dedicated to the memory of Mario Vargas Llosa, who for two decades had a deep institutional and personal connection with the Teatro Real, of which he was Honorary Patron and Honorary President of its Advisory Council.

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Artistic Team

Musical conductor Nicola Luisotti
Musical conductor Giuseppe Mentuccia
Stage Director David Alden
Set design and costumes Jon Morrell
Lighting ADAM SILVERMAN
Choreography Maxine Braham
Chorus Conductor José Luis Basso
Children's chorus director Ana González
Orchestra Orquesta y Coro Titulares del Teatro Real
Chorus Pequeños Cantores de la ORCAM

Cast

Otello Brian Jagde Sep - 19, 22, 25, 28Oct - 02, 05

Otello Jorge de León Sep - 20, 23, 26, 29Oct - 06

Otello Angelo Villari Oct - 03

Iago Gabriele Viviani Sep - 19, 22, 25, 28Oct - 02, 05

Iago Vladimir Stoyanov Sep - 20, 23, 26, 29

Iago Franco Vassallo Oct - 03, 06

Cassio Airam Hernández Sep - 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29Oct - 02, 03, 05, 06

Roderigo Albert Casals Sep - 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29Oct - 02, 03, 05, 06

Ludovico Insung Sim Sep - 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29Oct - 02, 03, 05, 06

Montano and A herald Fernando Radó Sep - 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29Oct - 02, 03, 05, 06

Desdemona Asmik Grigorian Sep - 19, 22, 25, 28Oct - 02, 05

Desdemona Maria Agresta Sep - 20, 23, 26, 29Oct - 03, 06

Emilia Enkelejda Shkosa Sep - 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29Oct - 02, 03, 05, 06

Language

Italian

Surtitles in

English, Spanish

Synopsis and more information

During a storm, the victorious General Otello returns home to his young wife Desdemona, with whom he is madly in love. There he finds himself caught in a wicked conspiracy hatched by Ensign Iago, who is prepared to do anything to destroy him. Iago takes advantage of his close relationship with Otello to make him believe what everyone else already believes: that it is impossible for such a lady to have fallen in love with someone like him. Iago provides false evidence of Desdemona's guilt, fuelling Otello's anger. Consumed by jealousy, he publicly
repudiates his wife and strangles her in their bed. When he discovers the truth, Otello stabs himself to death.

Artistic information

Creative team

Musical conductor Nicola Luisotti

Musical conductor Giuseppe Mentuccia

Stage Director David Alden

Set design and costumes Jon Morrell

Lighting ADAM SILVERMAN

Choreography Maxine Braham

Chorus Conductor José Luis Basso

Children's chorus director Ana González

Orchestra Orquesta y Coro Titulares del Teatro Real

Chorus Pequeños Cantores de la ORCAM

Otello de Giuseppe Verdi

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19 September 2025