Othello

July 15 - August 6, 2023

Limited engagement - only six performances

Othello

BEWARE, MY LORD, OF JEALOUSY; IT IS THE GREEN-EY’D MONSTER

In Gioachino Rossini’s exquisite masterpiece Othello, the complex relationship formed by Othello and Desdemona is challenged and interfered with by the world around them, leading to jealousy, manipulation, vengeance, and self-destruction.

There are only six performances of this limited engagement production on the Central City Opera House stage.

Performing Artists & Creative Team

Marcellina; Soloist (Concert)
Hilary Ginther

Dr. Bartolo (Figaro) / William Jennings Bryan (Baby Doe)
Ashraf Sewailam

Kenneth Tarver

Othello:Othello (2023)

Voice Type:Tenor

Cecilia Violetta López

Desdemona:Othello (2023)

Voice Type:Soprano

Minstrel

Bernard Holcomb

Previously at CCO: Henry Davis, Street Scene (2024); Iago, Rossini’s Othello, (2023)

Recently: 4th Jew, Salome, The Metropolitan Opera, (2025); The Trickster God, Amistad, Connecticut Lyric Opera, (2025); Title role in The Pigeon Keeper, Opera Parallèle, (2025); Duke, Rigoletto, Eugene Opera, (2025); Chicken Plucker/Adult William, Spinner cover, Fire Shut Up In My Bones, The Metropolitan Opera, (2024); Alfredo, La traviata, Eugene Opera, (2024)

Role:Minstrel/Once Upon a Mattress

Henry Davis:Street Scene

Iago:Othello (2023)

Voice Type:Tenor

New or Returning:Returning

Christopher Bozeka

Rodrigo:Othello (2023)

Voice Type:Tenor

Marcellina; Soloist (Concert)

Hilary Ginther

Previously at CCO: Emma Jones, Street Scene (2024); Emilia, Othello (2023)

Recently: Marcellina, Le nozze di Figaro, Opera Columbus; Olga, Eugene Onegin, Opera Columbus; Giovanna Seymour, Anna Bolena, Musica Viva Hong Kong; Rosina, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Virginia Opera; Maddalena, Rigoletto, Opera Columbus; La Maestra delle Novizie, Suor Angelica, Opera Omaha; Carmen, Carmen, Amarillo Opera; Alto Soloist, Handel’s Messiah, The National Chorale

Federico De Michelis

Elmiro:Othello (2023)

Voice Type:Bass-Baritone

John Baril

Central City Opera Music Director

Central City Opera: (Partial Listing) Die Fledermaus, 2022; Two Remain (Co-Conductor), 2022; Rigoletto, 2021; Billy Budd, 2019; Encore: A Musical Revue, 2019 and 2018; Il trovatore, 2018

Recently: Rigoletto, Shreveport Opera; Die Fledermaus, Northwestern University; Les pêcheurs de perles, Toledo Opera

Conductor:Romeo and Juliet (2023)

Conductor:Othello (2023)

Dr. Bartolo (Figaro) / William Jennings Bryan (Baby Doe)

Ashraf Sewailam

Previously at CCO: Dr. Bartolo, The Barber of Seville (2025); The Speaker, The Magic Flute (2018); Balthazar, Amahl and the Night Visitors (2016); Director, Othello (2023)

Recently: Dr. Bartolo, The Barber of Seville, Opera San Antonio; Samaan, Sindbad: The Omani Sailor, Royal Opera House Muscat/Müpa Budapest; Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Madison Opera; Dulcamara, The Elixir of Love, New Orleans Opera; Dr. Bartolo, The Barber of Seville, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Des Moines Metro Opera, Seattle Opera; Giove, La Calisto, Opera Memphis; Sparafucile, Rigoletto, Opera San Jose

Assistant Director

Barbara Poll

Previously with CCO: Assistant Director, Otello (2023)

Recently: Assistant Director, Otello, State Opera Poznań, Poland (2023); Staff Director, La Boheme, Glyndebourne (2022); Staff Director, Rigoletto, Glyndebourne (2019); Assistant Director, Pagliacci/Cavalleria rusticana, Dutch National Opera (2019); Assistant Director, Manon Lescaut, Opera Holland Park, London (2019)

Assistant Director:The Girl of the Golden West

Assistant Director:Otello

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Performance Location

Central City Opera House
124 Eureka St.
Central City, CO 80427

Composer

Gioachino Rossini

Libretto

Francesco Berio di Salsa

Sung In

Italian
(English supertitles)

Run Time

3 hours including intermission

By arrangement with Hendon Music, Inc., a Boosey & Hawkes company, Sole Agent in the U.S., Canada and Mexico for Casa Ricordi/Universal Music Publishing Ricordi S.R.L., publisher and copyright owner.