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Lyric Opera’s storm-tossed ‘Otello’ weathers sudden cast change not even Iago could plot

Oct 8, 2013 – 9:46 pm | 182,708 views
Otello (Johan Botha) enters the bedchamber of Desdemona (Ana María Martínez) intent on murder. Lyric Opera Chicago 10-2013  (Dan Rest)

Review: Villainous Iago’s creed, which holds that man is the sport of unjust fate, must be on the minds of impresarios everywhere when opening night emergencies befall. So it was at the Lyric Opera’s gala opener Oct. 6, when the Iago of Verdi’s “Otello,” Falk Struckmann, made it only through Act 1. Valiant standby Todd Thomas made the save. The Lyric announced that Struckmann will sing Oct. 9. ★★★