Otello review – an underpowered Kaufmann is outshone by Iago

Royal Opera House, London
Marco Vratogna steals the show in Royal Opera’s fine new stagingEven in a summer packed with intriguing new opera productions – Hipermestra and Hamlet at Glyndebourne, A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Aldeburgh, Tosca at Grange Park – Covent Garden’s first new Otello for 30 years, with star tenor Jonas Kaufmann making his eagerly awaited debut in the title role, promised to eclipse them all. Finally, Elijah Moshinsky’s reliable if tr