Verdi: Otello

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.

7

164 min

Cast

Aleksandrs Antonenko

as Otello

Željko Lučić

as Iago

Sonya Yoncheva

as Desdemona

Dimitri Pittas

as Cassio

Chad Shelton

as Roderigo

Jennifer Johnson Cano

as Emilia

Günther Groissböck

as Lodovico

Jeff Mattsey

as Montano

Tyler Duncan

as A herald

Eric Owens

as Self - Host

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

as Conductor

Director

Gary Halvorson

Bartlett Sher