Mainstage Performance

Uri Caine Ensemble

The Othello Syndrome

featuring Bunny Sigler and Josefine Lindstrand, vocals; Josefina Vergara, violin; Ralph Alessi, trumpet; Chris Speed, clarinet/guitar; Zach Danziger, drums; Tim Lefebvre, bass; Uri Caine, piano/keyboards.

Saturday, October 10, 2009 | 8:00 pm
Dinkelspiel Auditorium

$34–38 (Adult) | $10 (Stanford Student)
$31–35 (Other Student)
$17–19 (Youth Under 18)

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With unique creative alchemy, Uri Caine—composer, pianist, jazz iconoclast—reimagines Verdi’s classic opera Othello, probing the disorder of delusional jealousy through multiple lenses of jazz, funk, blues, soul, and electronica. Tenderly written yet thoroughly unsentimental, The Othello Syndrome showcases an A-list cast of multi-talented performers from around the globe, including R&B singer-producer Bunny Sigler, and Swedish jazz muse Josefine Lindstrand, in addition to Stanford professor Rush Rehm who portrays Iago alongside the Caine Ensemble. Nominated for a “Best Classical Crossover Album” Grammy Award in 2008, The Othello Syndrome debuted at the Venice Biennale for Music in 2003. This performance will be Caine’s second appearance with Stanford Lively Arts; his unforgettable Mahler Remix in 2008 was hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as one of the “10 Best Classical Music Events” of the year.

Note: This program contains adult language and themes.

Program

OPENING ACT: "Scenes from Shakespeare's Othello," curated by Hayoung Heidi Lee:
To contextualize the Othello story that Uri Caine will morph that evening, four actors (Donell Hill, Ariel Mazel-Gee, Courtney Walsh, and Stanford drama professor Rush Rehm) will perform portions of the original Shakespeare.

The Othello Syndrome (2003)