OTELLO’S NIGHTMARE
OTELLO’S NIGHTMARE is a short film produced by Joshua Stewart based on Giuseppe Verdi’s adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play Othello. In this aria Otello, comes to terms with the idea that his beloved Desdemona, might actually be an adulterous harlot. With this realization, the darkness consumes Otello as he decides her fate.
STRAUSS: Ariadne auf Naxos - “Bin ich ein Gott, schuf mich ein Gott”
STUDIO
STRAUSS: Ariadne auf Naxos - “Du schönes Wesen!”
STAGE
X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Excerpt from Seattle Opera’s 2024 production of Anthony Davis’s X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, directed by Robert O’Hara. Stewart seen here as STREET.
BLUE
Excerpt from Seattle Opera’s 2022 production of Jeanine Tesori’s Blue, directed by Tazewell Thompson. Stewart seen here as THE SON.
Charlie Parker’s Yardbird
Excerpt from Seattle Opera’s 2020 production of Daniel Schnyder’s Charlie Parker’s Yardbird, directed by Ron Daniels. Stewart seen here as the titular role, Charlie Parker.
Antigone Exp. N°2
AGORA’s 2020 immersive production based on Traetta’s Antigona, directed by Benjamin David. Stewart seen here as CREON.
RECITAL
“When Stewart uttered “justice” at the top of his considerable and powerful voice, that ringing note may or may not have shaken the rafters of St John the Evangelist church, but it surely rattled the conscience of anyone listening.”
— Fiona Maddocks, The Guardian, October 23, 2021