Verdi - Otello / Domingo, Fleming, Morris, Croft, Levine, Moshinsky, Metropolitan Opera Review
I really want to give this DVD 5 stars because of the jaw-dropping performance from Placido Domingo. It is easily the most powerful acting performance by a tenor I have ever seen in an opera. I also heartily disagree with reviewers criticizing his voice. If you want to hear a crappy Domingo performance, watch the Karjan Trovatore! He is sublime here. Equally so is Renee Fleming, so perfectly cast. The sets, orchestra, and chorus are stellar. There are only two things wrong here. One, is James Morris as Jago. He's a great bass, but he leaves off the top notes in "Inaffia l'ugola," which is hugely disappointing. By no means is he terrible, but his acting was minimal at best and he lacked the upper register of better Jago's like Leo Nucci. The other disappointment is that when Otello stabs himself, there is no blood. I know it's asking a LOT from an opera house to either show some blood or hide the wound, but here they do neither. It's a very distracting way to end the opera, if you ask me. But this DVD will be watched many times!
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