presents
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on the Shakespeare play
CAST
Otello RUSSELL THOMAS
Desdemona Rachel Willis-Sørensen *
Iago Igor Golovatenko
Cassio Anthony Ciaramitaro ‡
Emilia Sarah Saturnino * †
Lodovico Morris Robinson
Roderigo Anthony León †
Montano Alan Williams †
A Herald Ryan Wolfe †
CREATIVE TEAM
CONDUCTOR JAMES CONLON
Original Production John Cox
Director Joel Ivany *
SCENIC & Costume DESIGNER Johan Engels
Lighting DESIGNER Jason Hand *
Chorus DirectoR Jeremy Frank
Children's Chorus Fernando Malvar-Ruiz
Dramaturg Katherine Syer *
Fight/Intimacy DIRECTOR Andrew Kenneth MoSs
ASSistant ConducTOR Louis Lohraseb ‡
STAGE MANAGER WHITNEY MCANALLY
Assistant Director Erik Friedman
pROMPTER Tamar Sanikidze
MUSICAL PREPARATION
Manuel Arellano †
Nino Sanikidze
Peter Walsh ‡
* LA OPERA DEBUT
† MEMBER OF THE DOMINGO-COLBURN-STEIN
YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM
‡ ALUMNUS OF THE DOMINGO-COLBURN-STEIN
YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM
Artists subject to change
Production made possible by generous support from
GRoW @ Annenberg
Barbara Augusta Teichert
With special additional support from
National Endowment for the Arts
The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation
With special appreciation to
Gregory and Régina Annenberg Weingarten
Additional support from the
Armenian Consortium
LA Opera Orchestra
generously underwritten by
Terri and Jerry Kohl
LA Opera's 2022/23 season
generously underwritten by
GRoW @ Annenberg
This production uses strobe lighting and fog effects.
The running time is approximately three hours and 15 minutes, including two intermissions.
Supertitles written by David Anglin.
Pre-performance talks by James Conlon. Pre-performance talks are generously sponsored by the Flora L. Thornton Foundation and the Opera League of Los Angeles.
Co-production of LA Opera with Opéra de Monte-Carlo and Teatro Regio di Parma. Scenery, costumes and props constructed by Fondazione Teatro Regio di Parma. Additional costumes constructed by the Los Angeles Opera Costume Shop. Wigs constructed by the Los Angeles Opera Wig & Make-Up Department.
Please refrain from talking during the performance, and turn off all cell phones, electronic devices and watch alarms. If you are using an assistive hearing device, or are attending with someone who is, please make sure that it is set to an appropriate level to avoid distracting audio feedback. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the house management. The use of cameras and recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Your use of a ticket acknowledges your willingness to appear in photographs taken in public areas of the Music Center and releases the Center and its lessees and others from liability resulting from use of such photographs.
