Barry Banks continues a string of major appearances on the international opera stage this season when he takes on the role of master manipulator Iago in Rossini’s Otello at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.

Cecilia Bartoli sings Desdemona and John Osborn takes the title role in Moshe Leisner and Patrice Caurier’s production, which opens on 7 April. The conductor is Jean-Christophe Spinosi.

Banks reprises the role later in the year with a performance of the production at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, again under Jean-Christophe Spinosi.