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Otello-12 January 1990 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Carlos Kleiber
Chorus Director Robin Stapleton
Leader John Brown
Cast
Montano
former governor of Cyprus 		Geoffrey Moses
Cassio
a captain 		Robin Leggate
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 Bruno Caproni
Lodovico
an ambassador from Venice 		Gwynne Howell
Venetian soldiers, sailors, ladies and gentlemen, Cypriot populace The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
Actors
Dancers
Children from St Thomas of Canterbury R.C. Middle School (Mitcham)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Performance dedicated to the memory of Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, 11th Earl of Drogheda (1910-89), who was Chairman of the Royal Opera House, 1958-74.
Language: Italian
Durations: Act I: 7.35-8.05pm, Act II: 8.07-8.42pm, Act III: 9.20-9.57pm, Act IV: 9.59-10.29pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for 12 January 1990 (in Royal Opera House Collections)