Verdi: Otello

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Carlo Bosi (tenor), Liparit Avetisyan (tenor), Gian Paolo Fiocchi (baritone), Federica Lombardi (soprano), Carlos Álvarez (baritone), Riccardo Fassi (bass), Fabrizio Beggi (bass), Virginie Verrez (mezzo-soprano) & Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano

Jonas Kaufmann is now the Otello of this generation. This recording project is the crowning glory of his journey to become today’s key exponent of this legendary role.

Verdi’s Otello is a remarkable four-act opera based on Shakespeare’s play Othello. Otello is considered Verdi’s greatest and most demanding role for the tenor voice. Kaufmann made his debut as Otello in June 2017 at the Royal Opera House to widespread critical acclaim. Kaufmann has won numerous prestigious awards including Gramophone Awards and Echo Klassik Award. Jonas Kaufmann sings an Otello for the ages...

Verdi:
 Otello

"This is a welcome release, an Otello with a fine sense of theatre...Kaufmann’s Otello has the shortest of fuses...Lombardi’s Desdemona is no shrinking violet. She sings the Willow Song very well, without affectation...Álvarez is an experienced Iago, a gnarled ensign whose twisted bitterness one can taste...Pappano taps into all the drama and colour of Verdi’s Shakespearian score, really turning the screw in the big Iago-Otello scene."
Opera - July 2020

“His sound inescapably evokes memories of live performances and classic recordings by Vinay, Vickers and other masters; in a single night, he joined their company.”
The New York Times