In 2016 the Teatro Real opened the season withOtello, and the same production by David Adlen, with Gregory Kunde and Ermonela Jaho as Otello and Desdemona, and George Petean as Iago, the third wheel and main character in the piece. For the occasion and as the opening of the current season, David Adlen returns alongside the most emerging female star in the world of opera, Asmik Grigorian, in the role of the quintessential victim of gender-based violence. A story that, two hundred years after it was immortalized by William Shakespeare and one hundred and forty since it was musically endorsed by Giuseppe Verdi, is more relevant than ever, or perhaps it has always been the same. Therefore, as a declaration of principles, if this is the case, it's not bad, especially if the cast has enough caliber, although sometimes an immense and indisputable work, such as this one, with a top-level cast, is not enough to meet expectations, not even nine years ago.