Otello opera to be staged in Baku
By Amina Nazarli
The premiere of famous opera “Otello” by Italian compositor Giuseppe Verdi based on Shakespeare’s play Othello will be staged at Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in Baku at 19:00 on December 13.
This opera is included in the treasury of world opera and is in the repertoire of the leading opera theatres in the world. The goal o f staging Otello in Baku is to familiarize art lovers and fans with truly musical masterpiece Verdi.
Music director and conductor of the opera is Azerbaijan’s people’s artist, State Prize Laureate Rauf Abdullayev.
The opera stars will be Azer Zeynalov (Otello), Sabina Asadova (Emily), vocalists Afag Abbasova (Desdemona), Anton Fershtandt (Iago), Aliahmad Ibrahimov (Cassio), Tural Agasiyev (Roderigo), Jahangir Kurbanov (Montano) and Talat Huseynova (Lodovico).
Honored artist, Sevil Hajiyeva will be a choirmaster of the opera, while concertmaster will be Vafa Azizova.
The cost of the tickets is 6 and 13 manats. The address of the theatre is Nizami street, 95.
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