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When Verdi began work on Otello with his librettist Boito, he toyed with the idea of calling it Iago. He didn’t of course, but if he’d been present at The Royal Opera’s second revival of Keith ...

Otello (John Kun Park) gets a winding up from the devious Iago (Robert Balonek) in West Bay Opera’s production of “Otello.” Courtesy Natalya Polyakova. It’s amazing to witness, year after year, the ...

The flattering look dilutes the dramatic effect, however. Less perfection needed. For you need to suspend much disbelief to accept Kaufmann (pictured below) as a man so prey to doubt about his sexual ...

At Grange Park Opera, the great Simon Keenlyside (pictured below) threatened at several points to overwhelm David Alden’s new production: a dominance rubbed in by his silent, watchful presence at the ...