First thing's first: Verdi's opera Otello holds up a mirror to Shakespeare's text, a distilled reflection of the action and not the Bard's brilliant writing. Nonetheless, Verdi lets his rich score speak for him, taking the genre of tragedy to a Wagnerian level with its sprawling chorus and tormented melodies. We still have the main... Read more → The post Review: Otello, London Coliseum appeared first on A Yo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:51PM on September 15, 2014