Gregory Kunde is Otello and, at 65, his voice is strong and intense with a hint of hoarseness and at times it cracks heartbreakingly under the weight of his emotion and despair.

Smothered in monochrome, Keith Warner’s 2017 production of Verdi’s “Otello” is a humorless parody of art deco design. Tar-colored towers hold its personages in a chokehold; escorting them onst

The problems of the production are largely down to its visual conception: ugly modern slatted facades by Boris Kudlicka that recall Maria Björnson’s 40-year-old set for a Welsh National Opera Makro

Per fortuna, un cast eccellente e un’esecuzione musicale di prim’ordine compensano ampiamente i difetti della regia, garantendo un tripudio finale di consensi per gli interpreti e l’orchestra.

Heavy-weight production by Keith Warner of Verdi's tragedy based on Shakespeare, with Gregory Kunde in the title role and Ermonela Jaho as Desdemona