Metropolitan Opera
Ken Howard
Sonya Yoncheva as Desdemona and Aleksandrs Antonenko in the title role of Verdi s Otello .
The 2020-21 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with Otello, Verdi’s masterful re-telling of Shakespeare’s tragedy, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin in a performance from 2015.
Tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko starred in the title role as the military hero torn apart by jealousy, and soprano Sonya Yoncheva was Desdemona, his innocent wife.
Baritone Željko Lučić sang Iago, the officer who aims to destroy both of them through treachery and cunning.
Maestro Nézet-Séguin led the Met Orchestra and Chorus in Verdi’s tempestuous, towering final drama.
The 2020-21 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with a network broadcast premiere:
Anna Netrebko in an all-Puccini gala conducted by
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, a special Met performance from New Year’s Eve, 2019.
The superstar soprano portrayed heroines from three Puccini operas. In Act One of
La Bohème she was the fragile seamstress Mimì opposite tenor
Matthew Polenzani as the poet Rodolfo.
She sang the title character in Act One of
Tosca with tenor
Evgeny Nikitin as Scarpia.
The performance concluded with Act Two of
Turandot, Netrebko’s first appearance as the formidable princess of the title, with Eyvazov as prince Calàf.
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