Casting a black man as Otello is nothing to applaud
Verdi’s opera Otello has been performed 234 times at the Royal Opera House since 1891, but not once has a black man been cast in the lead role. That changed this July when Russell Thomas, a virtuosic tenor from the US, took to the theatre’s stage in Covent Garden. Opera bosses heralded the occasion as […]
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Verdi’s opera Otello has been performed 234 times at the Royal Opera House since 1891, but not once has a black man been cast in the lead role. That changed this July when Russell Thomas, a virtuosic tenor from the US, took to the theatre’s stage in Covent Garden. Opera bosses heralded the occasion as […]
