[Met Tour] CID:10080

Metropolitan Opera Premiere, New Production

Otello
Chicago, Illinois, Mon, November 23, 1891

Debut : Louis Saar, Eduardo Camera




Otello (1)
Giuseppe Verdi | Arrigo Boito
Otello
Jean de Reszke

Desdemona
Emma Albani

Iago
Eduardo Camera [Debut]

Emilia
Sofia Scalchi

Cassio
Victor Capoul

Lodovico
Enrico Serbolini

Montàno
Lodovico Viviani

Roderigo
Antonio Rinaldini

Instrumental Ensemble
Valisi Mandolin Orchestra


Conductor
Louis Saar [Debut]


Director
Theodore Habelmann

Composer
Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi



Otello received two performances this season.
Note: Although this was the first performance of Verdi's Otello by the Metropolitan Opera, the Grand Italian Opera Company under Henry Abbey had given three performances with Francesco Tamagno at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York on 3/24/1890, 3/29/1890 matinee and 4/4/1890 while the resident German company was on tour.
Although this was the first performance of Verdi's Otello by the Metropolitan Opera, the Grand Italian Opera Company under Henry Abbey had given three performances with Francesco Tamagno at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York on 3/24/1890, 3/29/1890 matinee and 4/4/1890 while the resident German company was on tour.

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