Verdi: Otello
movie
View on VideBits →In the 16th century, in Cyprus, at the port of Famagusta, General Otello arrives with his ship after defeating the Turkish navy in the Mediterranean and securing Venetian rule over Cyprus, but jealousy, conspiracy and revenge lead to tragedy. ‘Otello’ is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Arrigo Boito based on William Shakespeare’s ‘Othello, the Moor of Venice’, and premiered on 5 February 1887 at La Scala in Milan. Taken from the ‘Tutto Verdi’ box set of 27 Verdi operas. Recorded live at the Salzburg Festival, 5–10 August 2008.
Cast & crew
Arrigo Boito · Andrea Porta · Mikhail Petrenko · Barbara Di Castri · Antonello Ceron · Simone del Savio · Stephen Costello · Stephen Langridge · Carlos Álvarez · Aleksandrs Antonenko · Marina Poplavskaya · Peter Schönhofer
Studios & networks
C Major Entertainment · Unitel Classica