Verdi Otello

Glorious portrait of Renata Tebaldi

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