Unfocused, unmagnetic Otello opens Met Season

By Robert Levine, 23 September 2015

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“Yoncheva’s proud, noble Desdemona is gorgeously sung, her luscious voice capable of every nuance”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 21 September 2015

Verdi, Otello

Metropolitan Opera

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor

Bartlett Sher, Director

Es Devlin, Set Designer

Catherine Zuber, Costume Designer

Aleksandrs Antoņenko, Otello

Sonya Yoncheva, Desdemona

Željko Lučić, Iago

Jennifer Johnson Cano, Emilia

Dimitri Pittas, Cassio

Chad Shelton, Roderigo

Günther Groissböck, Lodovico

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

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Robert Levine

Robert T. Levine is a New York born-and-bred music writer with a particular interest in music for the voice. His work has appeared in many periodicals and newspapers. He is the author of many books, including The Story of the Orchestra, four volumes in the Black Dog & Leventhal Opera Library, and, most recently, Maria Callas: A Musical Biography.