Otello
Summary:
Having previously staged Verdi's 1887 opera Otello at the Met and La Scala, filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli committed his production to film in 1986. Starring as the fatally jealous Moor of Venice is Placido Domingo, who had also headlined Zeffirelli's 1976 La Scala staging (production on the film was briefly interrupted while Domingo participated in the rescue operations f... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Plácido Domingo - (Otello)
Katia Ricciarelli - (Desdemona)
Justino Diaz - (Iago)
Petra Malakova - (Emilia)
Urbano Barberini - (Cassio)
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Review:
This 1986 film brings together tenor Placido Domingo, soprano Katia Ricciarelli, director Franco Zeffirelli, and the La Scala orchestra and chorus under conductor Lorin Maazel in a moving adaptation of +Otello, the classic opera by Giuseppe Verdi (music) and Arrigo Boito (libretto). From the rhapsodic opening to the tragic... Continue >>
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