22.06.–13.07.2025 / Opera

Otello

Giuseppe Verdi

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Sat 28.06.2025

Opernhaus Düsseldorf

19:30 - 22:15

Opera

Content

The destruction of a great love - grand opera based on Shakespeare's grand drama

Co-production with Opera Vlaanderen

In Italian with German surtitles

approx. 2 ¾ hours, one interval

For all from 14 upwards

In the storm scene at the beginning of the opera, strobe effects are used for a short time. We would like to point out that certain flash frequencies could trigger a seizure in people at risk of epilepsy.

The general Otello has achieved everything an ambitious upstart like him could dream of: Respected as the successful commander of the Venetian fleet and loved by his beautiful wife Desdemona, fate seems to have favored him. But one man senses the self-destructive jealousy smouldering behind the façade of the successful man: Jago. Ever since Otello's ensign was passed over for a promotion, he has been driving his superior's downfall with a coolly calculated destructive fury, cleverly feeding Otello's doubts about Desdemona's fidelity...

On the occasion of the revival on June 22 2025, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein will present a racism-critical revision of the production, conceived together with director Michael Thalheimer.

Cast

Vladislav Sulimsky (Jago), Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein

Katarzyna Kuncio (Emilia), Anke Krabbe (Desdemona), Matteo Mezzaro (Cassio), Beniamin Pop (Lodovico), Riccardo Romeo (Roderigo), Vladislav Sulimsky (Jago), Martin Muehle (Otello), Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein