Otello

Resource Information

The work Otello represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library, Britannia Branch (Open with Limited Services). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Otello

Statement of responsibility

by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto, Arrigo Boito (after the play by William Shakespeare) ; directed for the stage by Elijah Moshinsky ; directed for television by Brian Large ; a co-production between The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [and] BBC-TV [and] Covent Garden Pioneer

Title variation

Giuseppe Verdi's Otello

Contributor

• British Broadcasting Corporation, Television Service
• Kultur International Films
• Royal Opera House (London, England)
• Beesley, Mark
• Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Earle, Roderick
• Lackner, Christopher
• Large, Brian
• Leggate, Robin
• Leĭferkus, Sergeĭ, 1946-
• Moshinsky, Elijah
• Powell, Claire, 1954-
• Remedios, Ramon
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Solti, Georg, 1912-1997
• Te Kanawa, Kiri
• Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

Subject

• Operas

Language

• ita
• eng
• ita
• ita

Summary

In order to revenge himself against Othello, Iago uses deceit to awaken in Othello a suspicion that his wife, Desdemona, has been unfaithful to him. After Othello kills Desdemona he learns of Iago's treachery, and plunges a dagger into his own heart

Cataloging source

TXI

Characteristic

videorecording

Dewey number

782.1

Language note

Sung in Italian with English subtitles

PerformerNote

Plácido Domingo (Otello) ; Kiri Te Kanawa (Desdemona) ; Sergei Leiferkus (Iago) ; Roderick Earle (Montano) ; Robin Leggate (Cassio) ; Ramon Remedios (Roderigo) ; Claire Powell (Emilia) ; Christopher Lackner (a herald) ; Mark Beesley (Lodovico) ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; Royal Opera Chorus ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor

Runtime

146

Technique

live action