OTELLO (Rossini): Chris Merritt, Lella Cuberli, Blake, Richard Croft, Maultsby, & Runey//Renzetti

Nearly-complete 1992 broadcast of Rossini’s OTELLO. Otello: Chris Merritt, tenor Iago: Richard Croft, tenor Rodrigo: Rockwell Blake, tenor Desdemona: Lella Cuberli, soprano Emilia: Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano Elmiro: Henry Runey, bass Lucio: Roy Cornelius Smith, tenor Il Doge di Venezia: Patirck Denniston, tenor Un gondoliere: Hong-Shen Li, tenor Lyric Opera Chicago DONATO RENZETTI, conductor