Primo piano ANSA - ANSA.it: Otello apre la stagione della Scala, poi nel 2027 Verdi con regia di Guadagnino

Olivieri confermato per due stagioni alla guida del Corpo ballo

Otello opens the season at La Scala, followed by Verdi in 2027 with a direction by Guadagnino.

Olivieri confirmed for two seasons as head of the Corps de Ballet.

#Otello #LaScala #Verdi #Guadagnino #Olivieri #theCorpsdeBallet

https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/musica/2026/03/16/otello-apre-la-stagione-della-scala-poi-nel-2027-verdi-con_2a34ac75-57fb-457f-8ffc-75351c6f6189.html

Okay! Now it's time to shout! Never mind... No one today could match the voice of the man I'm about to mention.

Birthday of Francesco Tamagno
http://www.reddit.com/r/OldOpera/comments/1pxy1et/birthday_of_francesco_tamagno/

Now, we go from Schipa on the 27th of December to Tamagno on the 28th. Talk about a polar extreme! But let's do this right. (For Schipa's post, check here.
https://someplace.social/@dandylover1/115795190304121387 )

On 28 December, 1850, Francesco Tamagno was born. To say he is unique is probably one of the biggest understatements in opera. Love it or hate it, his voice and style have not been truly equalled in 120 years! I first heard him quite awhile into my operatic journey. But because he is so different from all the other heroic and dramatic tenors whom I usually don't like, he's now in my regular rotation. Tamagno died quite young, at fifty-four, but he still left us with some intriguing and wonderful recordings. His voice could never be called beautiful, but his soul most definitely was. He raised his daughter as a single father, in the nineteenth century, while being a world-famous opera singer! They say he took her everywhere with him. That's worthy of being remembered and celebrated, even had he not been able to make recordings for us to enjoy. If I remember correctly, it was actually the husband of his daughter who played the piano on several of them. As always, if anyone has any anecdotes, interviews, etc. to share, please do so. Also, I heard that there is at least one recording of his that has never been found, but I forget what it is. Does anyone know?

Francesco Tamagno (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Tamagno

Since he was the original Otello, it would be wrong of me not to include two of its most famous arias. I have been so spoiled by him in this role that I decided to listen to a full radio dramatisation of Shakespeare's Othello rather than Verdi's opera.

Francesco Tamagno - Esultate! (Take 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJOVQOfH1LI

Francesco Tamagno - Niun mi tema (Take 1)
(The story goes that when he recorded this, it was so convincing that the engineer came over to him to make sure he was still alive! Considering his ill health from a heart condition, that actually makes perfect sense. But it also shows the power of an amazing performance.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epu7KrgVwIU

As much as I love the unissued take of Di Quella Pira, I am going to choose a different recording, since he sang it in French. It appears that, during his time, most singers just sang in their native tongue.

Francesco Tamagno - Quand nos jours (unissued take)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hemmdMKdItg
#birthday #FrancescoTamagno #opera #Otello

CVE Alert: CVE-2025-13183 - Hotech Software Inc. - Otello - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/cve-alert-cve-2025-13183-hotech-software-inc-otello/

#OSINT #ThreatIntel #CyberSecurity #cve-2025-13183 #hotech-software-inc #otello

Dienstag war ich im Goethe-Theater und habe mir die Oper Otello von Verdi angeschaut. Die Leistung des Ensembles war super, das Orchester perfekt. Die Inszenierung regte zum Nachdenken an.

Allerdings wurde kein mir bekanntes Stück vorgetragen. Verdis Spätwerk ist offensichtlich kein "Burner". Die Anklänge an Wagner wirkten leicht deplatziert, wenngleich es auch unterhaltsam und nicht bloß laut war.

Die Geschichte ist tragisch. Wenn Gefühle auf Männer treffen...

#verdi #otello #theater #bremen

Final Otello — I’m sad to have to say goodbye to Desdemona already! 😭

#operaSinger #darmstadt #otello #verdi #opera

OTELLO

📍 Staatstheater Darmstadt
🗓️ June 29
🕢 19:30

Otello: Gaston Rivero
Desdemona: Megan Marie Hart
Iago: Aris Argiris
Emilia: Solgerd Isalv
Cassio: David Lee
Roderigo: Marco Mondragón
Lodovico: Mario Klein
Montano: Sergey Borzov

Conductor: Johannes Zahn
Staatsorchester Darmstadt

Staging: Paul-Georg Dittrich
Set & costumes: A. Rudolph, A. Marquardt
Video: L. Rehm

📽️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DpMaDUP2OU
🎟️ & ℹ️ https://www.staatstheater-darmstadt.de/veranstaltungen/otello.1435/#event-9279

#Darmstadt #Otello #opera #Hessen #Verdi #Shakespeare #videoGame

All right, 15 minutes till penultimate Otello!

#opera #operaSinger #Otello #Verdi #Darmstadt

OTELLO

📍 Staatstheater Darmstadt
🗓️ June 14
🕢 19:30

Otello: Gaston Rivero
Desdemona: Megan Marie Hart
Iago: Aris Argiris
Emilia: Solgerd Isalv
Cassio: Ricardo Garcia
Roderigo: Marco Mondragón
Lodovico: Mario Klein
Montano: Sergey Borzov

Conductor: Daniel Cohen
Staatsorchester Darmstadt

Staging: Paul-Georg Dittrich
Set & costumes: A. Rudolph, A. Marquardt
Video: L. Rehm

📽️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DpMaDUP2OU
🎟️ & ℹ️ https://www.staatstheater-darmstadt.de/veranstaltungen/otello.1435/#event-9995

#Darmstadt #Otello #opera #Hessen #Verdi #Shakespeare #videoGame