Conductor

Victor DeRenzi

Stage Director

Stephanie Sundine

Scenic Designer

David P. Gordon

Costume Coordinator

Howard Tsvi Kaplan

Lighting Designer

Ken Yunker

Wigs And Make-Up Designer

Georgianna Eberhard

Chorus Master

Roger L. Bingaman

Youth Opera Chorus Master

Jesse Martins

Assistant Conductors

Michael Sakir, Tessa Hartle

Choreographer

Diane Partington

Fight Choreographer

Brian Robertson

Surtitle Supplier

Words For Music

Surtitle Translator

Victor DeRenzi

 

New Production Created By Sarasota Opera

 

 

Cast

 

 

Otello, a Moor, general of the Venetian fleet

Rafael Dávila / Mathew Edwardsen

 

Jago, an ensign

Sean Anderson

 

Cassio, platoon captain

Heath Huberg

Roderigo, a Venetian gentleman

Mathew Edwardsen/ Eric Bowden**

 

Lodovico, ambassador of the Venetian Republic

Jeffrey Beruan*

Montano, Otello's predecessor as governor of Cyprus

Stephen Fish*

A herald

Dimitrie Lazich*

Desdemona, Otello's wife

Maria D’Amato

Emilia, Iago's wife

Cynthia Hanna*

 

* Studio Artist

** Apprentice Artist

 

Sarasota Opera Orchestra
Chorus: Sarasota Opera Apprentice And Studio Artists
Sarasota Youth Opera

 

 

Reviews

 

 

“Blistering and beautiful.”
—Richard Storm, Sarasota Herald Tribune

 

“It’s hard to imagine anything better than this immaculate production.”
—John Fleming, Opera News

 

“The production was all one could wish for.”
—Alan Becker, American Record Guide

 

“The finest Sarasota performance I’ve seen … one of the best Otello productions too.”
—David Shengold, Opera Magazine

 

(Photos: Rod Millington / Sarasota Opera)