Airs Saturday, April 23, at 12 noon. The 2015-16 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with a live broadcast of Verdi’s Otello. Aleksandrs Antonenko stars in the title role, one he has performed around the world to wide acclaim. He appears opposite Hibla Gerzmava, who makes her Met role debut this spring as Otello’s innocent wife Desdemona. Željko Lučić sings the part of the evil Iago, Alexey Dolgov is his pawn Cassio, and James Morris is the Venetian ambassador Lodovico. Adam Fischer conducts. Otello will be heard live over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 12:00 p.m. CT on Saturday, April 23.
Metropolitan Opera: Verdi's Otello
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A scene from Verdi's Otello
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Aleksandrs Antonenko in the title role of Verdi's Otello
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Željko Lučić as Iago in Verdi's Otello";s
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Željko Lučić as Iago in Verdi's Otello";s
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