01/05/19 – OTELLO – 1PM
The Metropolitan Opera
Otello
GIUSEPPE VERDI
- ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 2 HRS 55 MINS, 1 intermission
- SUNG IN ITALIAN
- photo credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
Conducting sensation Gustavo Dudamel makes his Met debut leading Verdi’s towering Shakespearean masterpiece, in the first revival of Bartlett Sher’s gripping 2015 production. The cast includes dynamic tenor Stuart Skelton in the title role, star soprano Sonya Yoncheva as the devoted but doomed Desdemona, and outstanding baritone Željko Lučić as the treacherous Iago
You can download performance programs, read the opera synopsis and watch performance videos at: https://www.metopera.org/Season/Radio/Saturday-Matinee-Broadcasts/
CAST

CONDUCTOR
Gustavo Dudamel

DESDEMONA
Sonya Yoncheva

EMILIA
Jennifer Johnson Cano

OTELLO
Stuart Skelton

CASSIO
Alexey Dolgov

IAGO
Željko Lučić

LODOVICO