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Met Opera Matinees 2013 - Otello - Giuseppe Verdi

20 January at 2.30 pm

Conductor: Semyon Bychkov Production: Elijah Moshinsky Set Designer: Michael Yeargan Costume Designer: Peter J. Hall Lighting Designer: Duane Schuler Choreographer: Eleanor Fazan Cast: Renée Fleming (Desdemona),  Johan Botha (Otello),  Michael Fabiano (Cassio),  Falk Struckmann (Iago) Duration: 3hrs 30 min Encore 20 January     Tickets: €10 Concessions :Children (under 12) €5   Verdi’s towering masterpiece, based on Shakespeare’s tragedy, makes its first Live in HD appearance. Semyon Bychkov conducts an extraordinary cast led by Johan Botha in the title role of the jealous Moor of Venice, opposite Renée Fleming in one of her greatest roles, Otello’s innocent wife Desdemona. Falk Struckmann sings Iago, Otello’s disloyal ensign, and Michael Fabiano is the captain Cassio.

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