Supported by:
Opera
Giuseppe Verdi
Otello
19 Sep, 25 - 06 Oct, 25
Nicola Luisotti / Giuseppe Mentuccia
David Alden
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real
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 Jadge, Asmik Grigorian, Jorge de León and Maria Agresta, among others.
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)
Artistic team
Conductor: Nicola Luisotti / Giuseppe Mentuccia (6 oct)
Stage director: David Alden
Set and costume design: Jon Morrell
Lighting design: Adam Silverman
Choreography: Maxine Braham
Chorus director: Ana González
Reparto
Otello
Brian Jagde _ 19, 22, 25, 28 sep; 2, 5 oct
Jorge de León _ 20, 23, 26, 29 sep; 6 oct
Angelo Villari _ 3 oct
Iago
Igor Golovatenko _ 19, 22, 25 sep; 2, 5 oct
Artur Rucinski _ 20, 26, 29 sep; 3, 6 oct
Gabriele Viviani _ 23, 28 sep
Cassio
Airam Hernández
Roderigo
Albert Casals
Lodovico
Insung Sim
Montano / Un heraldo
Fernando Radó
Desdemona
Asmik Grigorian _ 19, 22, 25, 28 sep; 2, 5 oct
Maria Agresta _ 20, 23, 26, 29 sep; 3, 6 oct
Emilia
Enkelejda Shkoza
Orchestra of the Teatro Real
Pequeños Cantores de la ORCAM
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.
Cast
Performances
- Date/hour
- Space
- Cast
- Subscription ticket
19 September 2025
19:30
Main Auditorium
20 September 2025
19:30
Main Auditorium
22 September 2025
19:30
Main Auditorium
23 September 2025
19:30
Main Auditorium
25 September 2025
19:30
Main Auditorium
26 September 2025
19:30
Main Auditorium
28 September 2025
19:30
Main Auditorium
29 September 2025
19:30
Main Auditorium
02 October 2025
19:30
Main Auditorium
03 October 2025
19:30
Main Auditorium
05 October 2025
18:00
Main Auditorium
06 October 2025
19:30
Main Auditorium
Related shows
news
Ignacio García-Belenguer will preside Opera Europa
- 13 Jan, 2023Ignacio García-Belenguer, General Director of Teatro Real Madrid, has been unanimously elected after having held th…
See more
Se cancelan las funciones de la ópera Lear
- 17 Mar, 2020Madrid, 17 de marzo de 2020.- El Teatro Real, con motivo de la declaración del estado de alarma, procedió el pasado…
See moreAre you an Amigo del Teatro Real yet?
Live the Teatro Real experience beyond its wonderful productions and you will contribute to elevating our institutional project.