Otello
movie
View on VideBits →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.
Cast & crew
Arrigo Boito · Jon Vickers · Stefania Malagú · Aldo Bottion · José van Dam · Roger Benamou · Peter Glossop · Michel Sénéchal · Herbert von Karajan · Mirella Freni