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Otello-20 January 1987 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Carlos Kleiber
Chorus Master Peter Burian
Leader John Brown
Cast
Montano
former governor of Cyprus 		Geoffrey Moses
Cassio
a captain 		Kim Begley
Iago
Otello's ensign 		Justino Díaz
Roderigo
a Venetian gentleman 		Christopher Gillett
Otello
general of the Venetian forces 		Plácido Domingo
Desdemona
his wife 		Katia Ricciarelli
Emilia
Iago's wife 		Anne Mason
A Herald Paschal Allen
Lodovico
an ambassador from Venice 		Gwynne Howell
Venetian soldiers, sailors, ladies and gentlemen, Cypriot populace The Royal Opera Chorus
Children from St Clement Danes School (Drury Lane)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: Italian
Durations: Act I: 7.33-8.03pm, Act II: 8.05-8.38pm, Act III: 9.11-9.47pm, Act IV: 9.49-10.19pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 20 January 1987 (in Royal Opera House Collections)