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Product Description Verdi: Otello by James Levine When sold by Amazon.com, this product will be manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. Amazon.com This is Plácido Domingo's first recording of his signature role, and what he can't do with sheer vocal force, he accomplishes somewhat less resourcefully with vocal color, of which he has plenty. The main draw, though, is Renata Scotto's dramatically acute Desdemona, recorded a tad late (1978) in her vocal life but better than not at all. The villainous Iago is the vocally gleaming but unsubtle Sherrill Milnes. James Levine's conducting is a bit green, a bit bombastic, and propulsive in a one-dimensional way, though one must remember he was working with the National Philharmonic, a pick-up orchestra rather than a seasoned opera ensemble. --David Patrick Stearns
