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GP at the Met: Otello (2016) - Preview

Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher’s acclaimed new Met Opera production is led by conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin with Aleksandrs Antonenko in his first Met performance as Otello, the tormented Moor of Venice, with Sonya Yoncheva in her role debut as his innocent wife, Desdemona. Željko Lu?i? is Otello’s sinister rival, Iago. Great Performances at the Met is now in its 10th season.

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