Giuseppe Verdi’s masterful Otello matches Shakespeare’s play in tragic intensity. Director Bartlett Sher probes the Moor’s dramatic downfall with an outstanding cast: tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko plays the doomed Otello; new soprano star Sonya Yoncheva sings Desdemona, Otello’s innocent wife and victim; and baritone Željko Lučić plays the evil Iago, who masterminds Otello’s demise.  Dynamic maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin will conduct at the Metropolitan Opera.
Join music historian Jeffrey Engel for the 2015-16 Metropolitan Opera pre-performance talks with musical excerpts and background stories about the composers, the music,and the historical context.
Registration is appreciated.