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.

Cast

Aleksandrs Antonenko

Otello

Željko Lučić

Iago

Sonya Yoncheva

Desdemona

Dimitri Pittas

Cassio

Chad Shelton

Roderigo

Jennifer Johnson Cano

Emilia

Günther Groissböck

Lodovico

Jeff Mattsey

Montano

Tyler Duncan

A herald

Eric Owens

Self - Host

Crew

Giuseppe Verdi

Original Music Composer

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Conductor

William Shakespeare

Original Story

Arrigo Boito

Writer

Peter Gelb

Executive Producer

Bartlett Sher

Production Design

Ev Devlin

Set Designer

Gary Halvorson

Director

Donald Holder

Lighting Design

Louisa Briccetti

Producer

Clips & Videos

Bartlett Sher on His New Production of Otello

Otello: Trailer

Otello: "Quando narravi" (Yoncheva, Antonenko)

Otello: Opening Scene

Otello: "Tu pur piangi?" (Yoncheva, Antonenko)