Otello (1973)
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.
Director: Roger Benamou
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Jon Vickers as Otello |
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Mirella Freni as Desdemona |
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Peter Glossop as Jago |
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Stefania Malagú as Emilia |
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José van Dam as Lodovico |
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Michel Sénéchal as Roderigo |
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Aldo Bottion as Cassio |
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Herbert von Karajan as Conductor |
| Writing | Arrigo Boito | Writer |
| Camera | Ernst Wild | Director of Photography |
| Art | Georges Wakhévitch | Production Design |
| Sound | Giuseppe Verdi | Music |
| Sound | Herbert von Karajan | Conductor |
| Writing | William Shakespeare | Theatre Play |
| Directing | Roger Benamou | Director |
