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Verdi's Otello

Verdi's Otello from the New York Met, starring Aleksandrs Antonenko and Sonya Yoncheva as the Moorish general Otello and his wife Desdemona, with Željko Lučić as the jealous Iago.

Verdi's Otello from the New York Met, starring Aleksandrs Antonenko and Sonya Yoncheva as the Moorish general Otello and his wife Desdemona, with Željko Lučić as the jealous Iago who destroys them both. Seen by many as the greatest of all Italian tragic operas, Otello is based on Shakespeare's great play of deception and betrayal, and includes some of Verdi's most intense and dramatic music, with huge importance given to the role of the orchestra - conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin in this performance from October 2015.

Desdemona ..... Sonya Yoncheva (soprano)
Otello ..... Aleksandrs Antonenko (tenor)
Iago ..... Željko Lučić (baritone)
Cassio ..... Dimitri Pittas (tenor)
Lodovico ..... Günther Groissböck (bass)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor)

3 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Sat 3 Jul 2021 18:30

Music Played

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Otello, Act 1

    Singer: Sonya Yoncheva. Singer: Aleksandrs Antoņenko. Singer: Željko Lučić. Singer: Dimitri Pittas. Singer: Günther Groissböck. Choir: New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Orchestra: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Otello, Act 2

    Singer: Sonya Yoncheva. Singer: Aleksandrs Antoņenko. Singer: Željko Lučić. Singer: Dimitri Pittas. Singer: Günther Groissböck. Choir: New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Orchestra: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Otello, Act 3

    Singer: Sonya Yoncheva. Singer: Aleksandrs Antoņenko. Singer: Željko Lučić. Singer: Dimitri Pittas. Singer: Günther Groissböck. Choir: New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Orchestra: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Otello, Act 4

    Singer: Sonya Yoncheva. Singer: Aleksandrs Antoņenko. Singer: Željko Lučić. Singer: Dimitri Pittas. Singer: Günther Groissböck. Choir: New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Orchestra: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
  • Ildebrando Pizzetti

    Canti della stagione alta (Songs of the high season)

    Performer: Marisa Borini. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Alberth.
    • Fuga.

Broadcast

  • Sat 3 Jul 2021 18:30