[Met Performance] CID:356006

Opening Night {131}, New Production, General Manager: Peter Gelb

Otello
Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, September 21, 2015
Broadcast

Debut : Chad Shelton, Es Devlin, Luke Halls




Otello (326)
Giuseppe Verdi | Arrigo Boito
Otello
Aleksandrs Antonenko

Desdemona
Sonya Yoncheva

Iago
Zeljko Lucic

Emilia
Jennifer Johnson Cano

Cassio
Dimitri Pittas

Lodovico
Günther Groissböck

Montàno
Jeff Mattsey

Roderigo
Chad Shelton [Debut]

Herald
Tyler Duncan


Conductor
Yannick Nézet-Séguin


Production
Bartlett Sher

Set Designer
Es Devlin [Debut]

Costume Designer
Catherine Zuber

Lighting Designer
Donald Holder

Projection Designer
Luke Halls [Debut]





The live transmission to Times Square was made possible with the cooperation of the City of New York, with leadership support provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Additional funding was provided by the Metropolitan Opera Guild and Opera News. This program is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment of the arts for Arts, Art Works and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council,
Broadcast live on Metropolitan Opera Radio Sirius XM channel 74
Streamed live at metopera.org
Transmitted to screens at Times Square
The National Anthem was played before the performance
This performance was dedicated to the memory of Jon Vickers (1926-2015), who sang the opera?s title role in 31 performances with the Met between 1965 and 1979.
Otello received thirteen performances this season.

FUNDING:
The production gift of Jacqueline Desmarais in memory of Paul G. Desmarais Sr.

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