First-Time Viewing
Otello
Release Date:Release date TBD
Running Time:140 min
Genres:Music
Director
Cast
Jon VickersMirella FreniPeter GlossopStefania MalagúJosé van DamMichel SénéchalAldo BottionHerbert von Karajan
Top billed cast (via TMDB).
Synopsis
Herbert von Karajan directed this film of Verdi’s Shakespearan masterpiece as well as conducting the Berlin Philharmonic. As the tragic Moor of Venice, arguably his greatest role, John Vickers (in the words of critic David Cairns) "commands both the notes and the moral grandeur of the part. … And he has the aura of greatness – greatness of heart, of bearing, of musical and dramatic conception". Mirella Freni is a heartbreakingly lovely and fragile Desdemona, while the fine English baritone Peter Glossop plays the villainous Jago.
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