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The Met's 2004-05 season opened on September 20 with Otello--a canny choice if ever there was one. The great work calls for the full resources of the opera house, and on this occasion they were working at their peak. The very first measures of Verdi's storm--an overwhelming blast of sound from James Levine's brilliant orchestra--gave New York operagoers an immediate taste of what they'd been missing all summer. And the opera itself, in Elijah Moshinsky's thoughtful 1994 production, has the power and visceral impact to subdue the most restive gala audience.
The evening marked Ben Heppner's first local assumption of the monumental title role. On opening night, his ...