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Otello

Giuseppe Verdi

Reviews (28)

Presto classical

d. 11. May 2018

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Katherine Cooper

d. 11. May 2018

"Recording of the week: Kaufmann thrives under the scrutiny of the camera ... He has a formidable antagonist in the French baritone Marco Vratogna, whose apparent honesty is dressed up as a dysfunctional bluntness that borders on the psychopathic ... Agresta's radiant Desdemona is no ingénue but a mature and assured First Lady ... The Covent Garden chorus sing and act out of their boots ... and Antonio Pappano ensures that the orchestra anticipates every nuance from Kaufmann in particular".

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Politiken

d. 20. Oct. 2010

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Henrik Friis (f. 1978)

d. 20. Oct. 2010

"Den forudsigelige undergang formidles smukt af Wienerfilharmonikerne i orkestergraven og et friskt, ungt sangerhold, men alt det skønne kommer også til at udglatte den menneskelige grimhed ... Otello kommer til at kikse, fordi man aldrig bliver overrasket visuelt ... Godt nok fremragende unge sangere, men hvor en glasklar røst og et ømt blik kan gøre det for Poplavskaya mangler Antonenko nogle dimensioner for at kunne overbevise".

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Politiken

d. 20. Oct. 2010

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Henrik Friis (f. 1978)

d. 20. Oct. 2010

"Den forudsigelige undergang formidles smukt af Wienerfilharmonikerne i orkestergraven og et friskt, ungt sangerhold, men alt det skønne kommer også til at udglatte den menneskelige grimhed ... Otello kommer til at kikse, fordi man aldrig bliver overrasket visuelt ... Godt nok fremragende unge sangere, men hvor en glasklar røst og et ømt blik kan gøre det for Poplavskaya mangler Antonenko nogle dimensioner for at kunne overbevise".

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Jyllands-posten

d. 11. July 2008

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John Christiansen

d. 11. July 2008

"Titelpartiet som Verdis Otello har fulgt Placido Domingo, også på cd'er og dvd'er. Han har næppe været bedre end her i 1992 på Covent Garden i London ... Også Kiri Te Kanawas vidunderligt sungne Desdemona har mere dramatisk udtryk og inderlig smerte, end man er vant til fra hende. Sergei Leiferkus klinger mørkt og farligt som Jago, som hadefuldt og snu befordrer tragedien. Elijah Moshinskys iscenesættelse har teaterdramaet i sig. Georg Solti dirigerer meget detaljeret dramatisk ... Teknisk står gengivelsen ikke mål med opførelsen, men dramaet slår igennem".

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Jyllands-posten

d. 1. Dec. 2009

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John Christiansen

d. 1. Dec. 2009

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Jyllands-posten

d. 12. Oct. 2004

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Politiken

d. 8. June 2001

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Peter Michael Hornung, Henrik Palle

d. 8. June 2001

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Diapason

2013 decembre

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Michel Parouty

2013 decembre

"Bien filmé, dirigé par un Riccardo Muti en grande forme qui exalte les sonorités du Philharmonique de Vienne, le spectacle a pour atouts le Maure bien chantant et émouvant".

BBC music magazine

2010 July

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Michael Tanner (musikanmelder)

2010 July

"Otello is played by Aleksandrs Antonenko, who is tremendous in all respects. His Desdemona is the lovely Marina Poplavskaya ... an expert in suffering. Carlos Àlvarez's Iago and Stephen Costello's Cassio are both nothing short of outstanding ... To my mind this is the DVD Otello to go for".

BBC music magazine

2008 June

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George Hall (musikanmelder)

2008 June

"The performance itself is outstanding ... Elijah Moshinsky's production ig highly traditional and handsomely designed ... This was also probably the best cast available for the opera at that time".

Klassisk

2010, nr. 17

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Steen Chr. Steensen

2010, nr. 17

Klassisk

2007, nr. 5

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Thomas Michelsen

2007, nr. 5

Klassisk

2015, nr. 38

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Steen Chr. Steensen

2015, nr. 38

"Tre stjerne i hovedrollerne og en musikalsk troldmand i orkestergraven sørger for en fuldendt musikalsk oplevelse af den slags man blot kan læne sig tilbage i og nyde i fulde drag. Og samtidig lade være med af forholde sig synderligt til iscenesættelsen, der har mange år bag sig og ser ud som en kulørt novellebladskulisse ... Men ... man må overgive sig, når en 53-årig Renée Fleming synger sig så rent og lyrisk ind i den unge pige Desdemonas uskyld og sørgelige endeligt ... Resten af sangerholdet er blændende, og ... Bychkov formidler både stort drama og lyrisk skønhed".

BBC music magazine

2011 December

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Max Loppert

2011 December

"An unmissable 1978 Met Otello with superb principals: Vickers (Otello) and Scotto (Desdemona) are spellbinding, and the underrated Cornell MacNeil is a chillingly "normal" villain".

Diapason

2012 janvier

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Michel Parouty

2012 janvier

"Le succés est assuré".

Klassisk

2017, nr. 44

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Andrew Mellor

2017, nr. 44

"Det begynder ellers imponerende. Otellos indledning er berømt for at være hæsblæsende, men Sher vælger at læne sig op ad The Mets orkester og kor til at få publikums puls op ... Effekten er enorm, og dirigenten Yannick Nézet-Seguin fyrer den af med en musikalsk raket ... Det efterfølgende er derimod gudsjammerligt kedeligt ... Selv ikke det stemningsfulde kameraarbejde, passager med spektakulære udstyrsstykker ... og hverken Sher eller Nézet-Seguins kyndige håndtering af denne operas lumske ensembler redder en opførelse af Otello, hvori hovedrolleindehaveren er vanskelig at elske".

Klassisk

2018, nr. 50

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Henrik Engelbrecht

2018, nr. 50

"Jonas Kaufmanns længe ventede debut i rollen som den jaloux general, der bliver så grundigt manipuleret af den onde Jago ... Kaufmann mørkner stadig stemmen for ofte efter min smag, men han synger effektivt og med stort overskud hele vejen igennem. Men ... barytonen Marco Vratogno som Jago er faktisk ved at stjæle billedet fra ham. Instruktøren Keith Warner ... gør helt logisk Jago til den centrale figur i historien ... Vratogna har den perfekte stemme til Jago, og ... er i uhyggelig topklasse ... Keith Warners opsætning fortæller historien med analytisk klarhed og med enkel og smuk scenografi, Antonio Pappano dirigerer med suverænt overblik ... Anbefalet".

BBC music magazine

2018 September

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Michael Tanner (musikanmelder)

2018 September

"This disc is a record of perhaps the most eagerly awaited of operatic appearances for many years: Jonas Kaufmann making his role debut as Verdi's Otello. Expectations were high and also anxious, since Kaufmann had been suffering form acute vocal problems ... Though he is in fine voice, he does not come across as the wounded animal that the greatest Otellos - Jon Vickers, Mario del Monaco - so impressively were ... It would have helped if Keith Warner's production had been more alert to the lights and shades in the drama ... excitingly conducted by Antonio Pappano ... I found that Marco Vratogna as Iago ... was the most powerful presence".

International record review

2013 November

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Mark Pullinger

2013 November

"Vurdering: IRR outstanding" - "There are many excellent filmed performances of Otello out there ... but this one is up there with the best. It stars young Latvian tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko as the Morr and he is terrific, a true heir to Domingo's crown ... Poplavskaya's Desdemona is charming, both adorable and adored ... The stylishly sung, dark Iago of Carlos Alvarez is a real asset ... Langridge's production has a fortress abstractly presented ... Muti conducts a pasisonate, driven account ... A vivid, outstanding performance in every way".

The gramophone

2008 August

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Peter Quantrill

2008 August

"Vurdering: Gramophone recommends" - "A thrilling performance that's much helped by the imaginative filming ... As much again could now be written about Domingo's singing, and Te Kanawa's, and about Solti's conducting, but a video demands attention to the visual. Suffice to say that you can have the highest expectation and not be disappointed".

Operabladet Ascolta

(2004) 22. årgang nr. 7

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(2004) 22. årgang nr. 7

Kristeligt dagblad

d. 14. June 2004

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d. 14. June 2004

International record review

2012 January

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Robert Levine (musikanmelder)

2012 January

"Jon Vickers was, and remains, the greatest Peter Grimes and Otello I ever saw onstage. Both of these characters are tormented ... Vickers appears as if he's ripping his own heart out ... Renata Scotto interprets Desdemona as no other singer ... a woman of strength who can't win ... Levine, at his most potent and understanding ... Bless the Met for finally opening its archives ... This may be the only video Otello you'll ever need. It's the one that captures the pity and sadness best".

Fono Forum

2014 August

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Manuel Brug

2014 August

"Mit kompakt, gestellten Chören, einer virtuosen, Projektionen und Signalfarben zwischen Markusdom-Seitenfassade, Brunnenrund und Palastwand durcheinanderwirbelnden Lichtregie und klugen verweisen durch sparsame Versätzstücke wie eine riesenhafte Madonna oder signalbunte Schiffe, erzählt Francesco Michelki seinen Verdi-Shakespeare einfach und doch eindrucklich. Myung-Whung Chung setzt auf Klangentladungen, aber auch auf leise Momente".

International record review

2014 October

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John T. Hughes

2014 October

"This is a DVD that should be on the short list of anybody looking for an Otello on video".

The gramophone

2014 September

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Richard Fairman

2014 September

"The main strength of the performance is the taut conducting of Myung-Whun Chung, who barely lets the tensions drop for a second ... Kunde, a genuine tenor rather than baritonal Otello, is strong and forthright throughout ... The orchestra of the Teatro La Fenice know their Verdi and play with élan".

The gramophone

2018 August

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Hugo Shirley

2018 August

"Despite ... an illness-plagued season for the superstar German tenor [Kaufmann] ... he's on confident form. Indeed, the voice is in very good condition, traversing the role with plenty of his trademark burnished tone, honeyed pianissimos and no signs of tiredness. Vocally it's a mightily impressive achievement. But almost too much so: I miss the element of wildness ... Warner directs principals and chorus well but plumps for a semi-abstract modernism that is short of atmosphere ... Though: Antonio Pappano's fiery and detailed conducting, the fine orchestral playing and an excellent supporting cast ... The production isn't what it might be but this is still a film well worth exploring".