Otello / Verdi ; the Metropolitan Opera presents ; production by Elijah Moshinsky ; directed by Barbara Willis Sweete ; a Metropolitan Opera high-definition production ; producers, Louisa Briccetti, Victoria Warivonchik.
Opera in 4 acts. Host, Sondra Radvanovsky ; Johan Botha (Otello) ; Renee Fleming (Desdemona) ; Falk Struckmann (Iago) ; Michael Fabiano (Cassio) ; Eduardo Valdes (Roderigo) ; Stephen Gaertner (Montano) ; James Morris (Lodovico) ; Renée Tatum (Emilia) ; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet ; Semyon Bychkov, conductor. Libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's tragedy Widescreen. Recorded 2012 October 27 Metropolitan Opera, New York. Bonus feature: Backstage at the Met with Botha, Fleming and others. Program notes and synopsis in English, German and French (22 pages : illustrations) in container.
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