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?"
Directed byFranco Zeffirelli
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Language
- FR
- Released
- September 4, 1986
Golan-Globus ProductionsFeaturing
Cast & crew
Plácido Domingo
Otello
Katia Ricciarelli
Desdemona
Justino Díaz
Iago
Petra Malakova
Emilia
Urbano Barberini
Cassio
Massimo Foschi
Lodovico
Edwin Francis
Montano
Sergio Nicolai
Roderigo
Remo Remotti
Brabantio
Antonio Pierfederici
Doge
- Directed by
- Franco Zeffirelli
- Produced by
- Yoram Globus
Menahem Golan
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