Othello

Ljubljana City Theatre

Première: 28 November 2013, Ljubljana City Theatre
Running time 2 hours and 45 minutes. One interval.

Original title Othello, the Moor of Venice

Translator Milan Jesih
Director Jernej Lorenci
Dramaturg Petra Pogorevc
Stage designer Branko Hojnik
Costume designer Belinda Radulović
Composer Branko Rožman
Choreographer and assistant director Gregor Luštek
Language consultant Maja Cerar
Lighting designers Branko Šulc, Branko Hojnik, Jernej Lorenci
Assistant to director (student) Žiga Divjak
Assistant to dramaturg (student) Katja Černe
Recorded music Ljubljana Mandolin Orchestra (conductor Andrej Zupan)

Cast
Othello Sebastian Cavazza
Iago Primož Pirnat
Desdemona Viktorija Bencik Emeršič/Ajda Smrekar
Emilia Judita Zidar
Cassio Lotos Vincenc Šparovec
Roderigo Jaka Lah
Montano Janez Starina
Bianca Tina Potočnik
Borči Borut Jenko
Nenči Neva Mauser Lenarčič

With its thematic body that, besides the central intertwinement of love and jealousy, involves also trust, faithfulness, treason, hypocrisy, ambition, prejudices, the phenomenon of evil in all its forms, the rift between illusion and reality and last but not least xenophobia and racism, the tragedy Othello today yields a new staging.
The dark-skinned Othello, the reliable and fearless Moorish commander-in-chief, serves the Venetian Doge and enjoys a great deal of respect, although deep within himself he is aware of the fact that he will never "truly be one of them”. The sincere love between Othello and the Senator’s daughter Desdemona and their subsequent secret marriage infuriate Desdemona’s father. Even Othello’s ambitious flag-bearer Iago is angry and jealous because Othello has named for his adjutant the young Cassio instead of him. It is in fact Iago’s mysteriously violent vindictiveness and fury that send the story straight into its tragic vortex.