Otello (1986)
Based on Shakespeare's play, Verdi's opera depicts the devastating effects of jealousy, "...the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds upon". Believing Otello has promoted the fast-rising Cassio over himself, Iago plots to destroy both Cassio and Otello. Iago convinces the jealous Otello that his beautiful wife Desdemona is unfaithful, and that Cassio is her lover. Jealousy is followed by tragedy, then retribution, "Has Heaven no more thunderbolts?"
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Plácido Domingo as Otello |
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Katia Ricciarelli as Desdemona |
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Justino Díaz as Iago |
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Petra Malakova as Emilia |
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Urbano Barberini as Cassio |
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Massimo Foschi as Lodovico |
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Edwin Francis as Montano |
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Sergio Nicolai as Roderigo |
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Remo Remotti as Brabantio |
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Antonio Pierfederici as Doge |
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Gabriella Borni as Dancer Soloist |
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Enzo Marino Bellanich as |
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Peter Lapres as Cassio's Aide |
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Alessandro Spadorcia as |
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Benito Barbieri as |
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Daniela Merlo as |
| Camera | Ennio Guarnieri | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Franco Zeffirelli | Director |
| Production | Yoram Globus | Producer |
| Production | Menahem Golan | Producer |
| Production | John Thompson | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alfredo Marazzi | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Anni | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Desideria Corridoni | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Teresa Corridoni | Key Hair Stylist |
| Editing | Peter Taylor | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giorgio Gregorini | Hairstylist |
| Writing | Franco Zeffirelli | Adaptation |
| Art | Gianni Quaranta | Art Direction |
| Writing | Masolino D'Amico | Adaptation |
| Writing | Arrigo Boito | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maurizio Millenotti | Costume Design |
| Editing | Franca Silvi | Editor |
| Art | Franco Zeffirelli | Production Design |
| Sound | Giuseppe Verdi | Music |
| Writing | William Shakespeare | Theatre Play |
