Verdi’s Otello conducted by Tullio Serafin
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COMPOSERS: Verdi
LABELS: Sony
ALBUM TITLE: Verdi
WORKS: Otello
PERFORMER: Vickers, Rysanek, Gobbi, Andreolli, Carlin, Mazzoli, Calabrese, Kerns, Pirazzini; Rome Opera Orchestra & Chorus/Tullio Serafin
CATALOGUE NO: 88875196362 (1961)
Though more than 50 years old, this remains the finest recording of Otello, with Jon Vickers at his greatest, Gobbi a subtle and sinister Iago, and Rysanek a Desdemona with personality.
Michael Tanner
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Authors
Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.