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Verdi's Otello

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Opera in four acts, with libretto by ARRIGO Borro after the play by SHAKESPEARE. (sung in Italian)
Montano, Otello's predecessor as Governor of Cyprus
EDWARD TOUMAJIAN (baritone)
Emilia, wife oflago
PETRA MALAKOVA (mezzo-soprano)
Lodovico, ambassador of the CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE
TEATRO ALLA SCALA. MILAN conducted by LORIN MAAZEL Records (the soundtrack of the Zeffirellifilm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Arrigo Borro
Conducted By:
Lorin Maazel
Cassio, platoon captain:
Ezio Di Cesare (tenor)
Iago, ensign:
Justino Diaz (baritone)
Roderigo, a Venetian gentleman:
Constantin Zaharia(tenor)
Otello, a Moor, general of the Venetian army:
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Desdemona, his wife:
Katia Ricciarelli (soprano)
Herald:
Giannicola Pigliucci (baritone)
Venetian Republic:
John MacUrdy (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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