La Scala

Otello

In Cinemas 30, 31 Jan & 3 Feb 2027
Conductor
Myung-whun Chung
Orchestra
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Cast
Brian Jagde (Otello), Eleonora Buratto (Desdemona), Luca Salsi (Iago), Juan Francisco Gatell (Cassio), Cristiano Olivieri (Roderigo), Huanhong Li (Lodovico), Nicolò Ceriani (Montano), Szilvia Vörös (Emilia)
Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Director
Damiano Michieletto
Set Design
Paolo Fantin
Duration
Approx. 3h incl. an interval
Sung in Italian, with English subtitles.
Captured live from Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 7 Dec 2026
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Opera in four acts (1887)

New Production! La Scala’s gala season opening is always a glittering highlight of the international opera calendar and one of the most closely watched premieres of the year.

This season, Myung-whun Chung inaugurates his first year as Music Director with Verdi’s Shakespearean masterpiece Otello, composed for La Scala in 1887 to a libretto by Arrigo Boito. The opera traces the downfall of the Moorish general Otello (Brian Jagde), his devoted wife Desdemona (Eleonora Buratto) and his ensign Iago (Luca Salsi), whose insidious lies ignite jealousy, fracture trust and drive the lovers towards catastrophe.

In his eighth staging for La Scala – and his first season-opening premiere – Damiano Michieletto explores the human fragility and inner conflicts at the heart of the drama.

La Scala

Milan's famous Teatro alla Scala was inaugurated on 3 August 1778. Apart from its sheer beauty and size, La Scala's acoustics are said to be perfect. One of the leading opera and ballet theatres in the world, the venue is home to the La Scala Theatre Chorus, La Scala Theatre Ballet and La Scala Theatre Orchestra, as well as the La Scala Theatre Academy.

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