Otello [videorecording] / 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.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: D1492 | KulturLanguage: Italian Original language: Italian Publication details: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2001?], c1992.Description: 1 videodisc (146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:- 0769714927
- 9780769714929
- Title from menu: Giuseppe Verdi's Otello
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Otello
- M1500.V48 O84 2001
- 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.
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Visual Materials | Nash Library Lobby DVD boxes | DVD 249 | Available | 33710001195432 |
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.
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.