LIVE TRANSMISSION
Verdi’s monumental Shakespearean tragedy follows a triumphant war
hero driven to destruction by jealousy and his enemies’ hatred.
The ultimate Italian opera returns to cinemas with tenor Brian Jagde
(La Forza del Destino) taking on the tour-de-force title role, opposite
soprano Ailyn Pérez (Florencia en el Amazonas, Falstaff) as Desdemona.
CAST Ailyn Pérez, Deborah Nansteel, Brian Jagde, Piotr Buszewski,
Artur Rucinski, Vitalij Kowaljow
CONDUCTOR Michele Mariotti
DIRECTOR Bartlett Sher
ESTIMATED RUNTIME 3 hours and 20 minutes, with one intermission