OTELLO:Verdi
Original Air Date: 02/04/1978
Levine; Vickers, Ricciarelli, MacNeil, Little
SID.19100320
Otello………………Jon Vickers
Desdemona……………Katia Ricciarelli
Iago………………..Cornell MacNeil
Emilia………………Jean Kraft
Cassio………………Frank Little
Lodovico…………….James Morris
Montàno……………..Robert Goodloe
Roderigo…………….Andrea Velis
Herald………………Arthur Thompson
Conductor……………James Levine
This is the third of Vickers’ 4 Otello Met broadcasts. Ricciarelli is a semi-rare commodity, but she does not have enough profile to efface memories of Steber, Tebaldi, DeLosAngeles, Tucci (the Solti 1963 broadcast should be on Sirius ), Te Kanawa, Scotto, Millo, or Fleming. Missing from the Sirius and MOoD ranks are the Steber and Tebaldi performances of 1955 and 1958 in addition to the Tucci/Solti. Steber finally made it to the Sirius airwaves in June 2014, but Tucci, Steber, and Tebaldi all deserve to have their Desdemonas in MOoD.