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Otello [videorecording] / Title from menu: Giuseppe Verdi's Otello by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto, Arrigo Boito (after the play by William Shakespeare) ; directed for the stage by Elijah Moshinsky ; directed for television by Brian Large ; a co-production between The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [and] BBC-TV [and] Covent Garden Pioneer. - West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2001?], c1992. - 1 videodisc (146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Music drama in four acts.

Producers (for BBC), Stephany Marks, Peter Maniura ; producer (for Covent Garden Pioneer), Jane Pleydell-Bouverie ; camera supervisor, Nick Jordan ; choreography, Eleanor Fazan ; editor, Tom Jones. Producers (for BBC), Stephany Marks, Peter Maniura ; producer (for Covent Garden Pioneer), Jane Pleydell-Bouverie ; camera supervisor, Nick Jordan ; choreography, Eleanor Fazan ; editor, Tom Jones.

Plácido Domingo (Otello) ; Kiri Te Kanawa (Desdemona) ; Sergei Leiferkus (Iago) ; Roderick Earle (Montano) ; Robin Leggate (Cassio) ; Ramon Remedios (Roderigo) ; Claire Powell (Emilia) ; Christopher Lackner (a herald) ; Mark Beesley (Lodovico) ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; Royal Opera Chorus ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor.

In order to revenge himself against Othello, Iago uses deceit to awaken in Othello a suspicion that his wife, Desdemona, has been unfaithful to him. After Othello kills Desdemona he learns of Iago's treachery, and plunges a dagger into his own heart.

MPAA rating: Not rated.


DVD, Dolby processed.


Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

ISBN: 0769714927 9780769714929

Standard No.: 032031149298

Publisher. No.: D1492 Kultur

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Operas.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Music videos.

LC Class. No.: M1500.V48 / O84 2001