The opera singer played the jealous general opposite Imogen Stubbs and Ian McKellen in a 1989 RSC version. He remembers the play as a crushing experienceOver the years, people have asked me whether I'd ever sing Verdi's Otello. But of course it's a tenor role, and I'm a bass, so I just smiled. I'd thought about Shakespeare's play, of course, but always assumed I was in the wrong genre. Then I was working with directo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:22AM on July 11, 2016