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Recorded live in 1995 Reviews Penguin Guide 2010 edition “It is good to have so telling a reminder on DVD of Placido Domingo’s masterly assumption of the role of Otello…[Fleming was] then at her freshest and purest, yet also with power, looking and sounding girlish…Levine’s direction is high-powered from beginning to end, matching the singing of his principals – 4 out of 4 stars Presto Music “Recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera in 1995, this Elijah Moshinsky production pairs Renée Fleming at her most luminous as Desdemona with Placido Domingo in what was arguably the greatest of his 100-odd roles (though now singing baritone parts, he recently announced that his identification with the character is such that he will never sing Iago, simply because he ‘cannot betray Otello!’). James Morris is a slightly moustache-twirling but never less than vivid Iago, and James Levine conducts with his customary empathy and energy. – Katherine Cooper |
