Verdi
Otello
In an Opening Night performance for the history books, the great Plácido Domingo sings the title role of Verdi’s Otello for the first time at the Met. This supremely demanding part was to become his signature role, an accomplishment against which other interpreters are still measured to this day. Domingo stars opposite Sherrill Milnes’s conniving Iago and Gilda Cruz-Romo’s touching Desdemona, all brilliantly conducted by Music Director James Levine.
Full SynopsisPerformance Info
Performance Date
Sep 24, 1979
Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Librettist
Arrigo Boito
Run Time
2 HRS 29 MIN
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus