(Otello)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Germany

Genres:

Music

Runtime:

140 minutes

Year:

1973

Directors:

Roger Benamou

Production companies:

Deutsche Grammophon

Actors:

Otello

Desdemona

Jago

Emilia

Lodovico

Crews:

Production Design

Director of Photography

Music

Writer

Conductor