Beschrijving
Verdi Otello
Antonio Pappano
Jonas Kaufmann, Federica Lombardi, Carlos Alvarez
Orchestra e coro dell’accademia Nazionale di santa cecilia
Sony 3CD 707932
194397079326
[Kaufmann] alternates between a taut, intense tone of anger and certainty and a less tightly focused, more burnished voice full of doubt..[Lombardi’s] light and fresh-sounding soprano plays up the young bride’s innocence beautifully…[Iago] sounds properly dangerous as sung by Carlos Álvarez…Pappano’s pacing wrings all the drama out of the music…This Otello may be Kaufmann’s showcase, but it’s Pappano who really makes it sing.