Iago a-go-go

…Coliseum, St Martin’s Lane

‘Musically magnificent but there's an emotional vacuum at the heart of ENO's new production…

For all the magnificence of Stuart Skelton’s singing as Otello…there is little sense of personal power or charisma about this career soldier, so that his tragedy becomes that of an ordinary jealous man rather than a proud, heroic figure….

Dramatically, it’s Jonathan Summers’s sardonic Iago that holds centre stage …his stage persona, carrying a chip on his shoulder as big as a house, is totally compelling…

Edward Gardner conducts much of the score superbly, too; just occasionally something more elemental and a bit less glitzy might have been appropriate, but it’s pretty impressive all the same.’ Andrew Clements, Guardian

It’s on until 17th October.