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Otello-21 June 2017 Evening 7.36pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Antonio Pappano
Chorus Director William Spaulding
Concert Master Vasko Vassilev
Cast
Montano
Former Governor of Cyprus 		Simon Shibambu
Cassio
A captain 		Frédéric Antoun
Iago
Otello's ensign 		Marco Vratogna
Roderigo
A Venetian gentleman 		Thomas Atkins
Otello
General of the Venetian forces 		Jonas Kaufmann
Desdemona
Otello's wife 		Maria Agresta
Emilia
Iago's wife 		Kai Rüütel
Herald Thomas Barnard
Lodovico
An ambassador from Venice 		In Sung Sim
Venetian soldiers, sailors, Cypriots, ambassadors The Royal Opera House Chorus

[Members of the Extra Chorus are listed individually in the cast sheet] 		Extra Chorus

[Actors are listed individually in the cast sheet] 		Actors
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: This performance was dedicated to the memory of the conductor Jeffrey Tate
Sponsor: Beth Glynn (the role of Cassio) ; Gary Glynn (the role of Cassio) ; Virginia Slaymaker (the role of Iago) ; Anonymous donor (the role of Roderigo) ; Carolyn Calcutt (the role of Otello) ; Margaret Mountford (the role of Otello) ; B.P Robinson (the role of Otello) ; Misook Doolittle (the role of Desdemona) ; David Kershaw (the role of Emilia) ; Clare Kershaw (the role of Emilia)
Language: Italian
Surtitled by: Kenneth Chalmers
Durations: Acts I and II: 7.36-8.42pm, Act III: 9.15-9.54pm, Act IV: 9.57-10.26pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 21 June 2017 (in Royal Opera House Collections)