Verdi: Otello

Otello a Moorish general in the service of the Venetian Republic Although overshadowed by the more celebrated second recording of Otello that Mario del Monaco and Renata Tebaldi made with Karajan (1960), many feel this earlier (1954) recording features both protagonists are in fresher voice, and Alberto Erede and his Santa Cecilia forces really pack a punch. Otello a Moorish general in the service of the Venetian Republic - Mario del Monaco, tenor Desdemona Otello's wife - Renata Tebaldi, soprano Cassio his captain - Piero de Palma, tenor Jago his ensign - Aldo Protti, baritone Emilia Jago's wife - Luisa Ribacchi, mezzo-soprano Roderigo a Venetian gentleman - Angelo Mercuriali, tenor Montano Otello's predecessor as governor of Cyprus - Pier Luigi Latinucci, bass Lodovico Venetian envoy - Fernando Corena, bass A herald - Dario Caselli, bass