21st September

Concert will begin at 22:25 hours GMT

Verdi's 'Otello' with Antonenko, Yoncheva and Pittas from New York

Verdi's 'Otello' is an opera to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Othello. On a stormy evening, the people of Cyprus anxiously await the arrival of the new governor, Otello, from a naval battle with the Turks. For a moment it seems as if Otello's ship will founder, to the delight of Otello's treacherous ensign, Iago, but Otello arrives safely and announces that the Turkish fleet has been destroyed, and the Cypriots cheer. Performers:

Desdemona: Sonya Yoncheva.
Otello: Aleksandrs Antonenko.
Cassio: Dimitri Pittas.
Iago: Zeljko Lucic.
Lodovico: Günther Groissböck.

Metropolitan Opera Choir and Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin.