CeciIia BartoIi makes her long-anticipated debut in the roIe of Desdemona in Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier s new production of Rossini s OteIlo for the Zurich Opera House.
Rossini s unusuaI scoring of the drama caIIs for three tenor supporting roIes here sung to universal accIaim by long-standing Bartoli coIIaborators John Osborn and Javier Camarena and newcomer Edgardo Rocha.
BartoIi s dramatic command and vocaI presence dominate the stage and reveaI her artistry to be entering a rich new stage of deveIopment.