Verdi: Otello (2015)
Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher’s bold new production probes the psychological underpinnings of Verdi’s dynamic setting of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. At the helm of this performance is riveting conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who brings out all the cascading emotions in Verdi’s turbulent score. Aleksandrs Antonenko is the Moor Otello, the triumphant general of the Venetian army who is ultimately brought down by the sly insinuations of his friend Iago (Željko Lučić). Sonya Yoncheva continues to win fans as Desdemona, Otello’s faithful and long-suffering wife. With Günther Groissböck as Lodovico and Dimitri Pittas as Cassio.
Directors: Gary Halvorson, Bartlett Sher.
https://www.metopera.org/Season/On-Demand/opera/?upc=811357018026
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Aleksandrs Antonenko as Otello |
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Željko Lučić as Iago |
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Sonya Yoncheva as Desdemona |
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Dimitri Pittas as Cassio |
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Chad Shelton as Roderigo |
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Jennifer Johnson Cano as Emilia |
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Günther Groissböck as Lodovico |
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Jeff Mattsey as Montano |
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Tyler Duncan as A herald |
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Eric Owens as Self - Host |
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin as Conductor |
| Sound | Yannick Nézet-Séguin | Conductor |
| Sound | Giuseppe Verdi | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Arrigo Boito | Writer |
| Writing | William Shakespeare | Original Story |
| Directing | Gary Halvorson | Director |
| Directing | Bartlett Sher | Director |
| Art | Bartlett Sher | Production Design |
| Art | Ev Devlin | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Catherine Zuber | Costume Designer |
| Lighting | Donald Holder | Lighting Design |
| Crew | Luke Halls | Projection |
| Sound | David Frost | Music Producer |
| Production | Mia Bongiovanni | Supervising Producer |
| Production | Elena Park | Supervising Producer |
| Production | Louisa Briccetti | Producer |
| Production | Victoria Warivonchik | Producer |
| Crew | David Smith | Technical Supervisor |
| Production | Peter Gelb | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Matiki Anoff | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tom Watson | Makeup Artist |