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Verdi: Otello (2008)
Directed by Peter Schönhofer, Stephen Langridge
Music · 2h 23m
In the 16th century, in Cyprus, at the port of Famagusta, General Otello arrives with his ship after defeating the Turkish navy in the Mediterranean and securing Venetian rule over Cyprus, but jealousy, conspiracy and revenge lead to tragedy. ‘Otello’ is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Arrigo Boito based on William Shakespeare’s ‘Othello, the Moor of Venice’, and premiered on 5 February 1887 at La Scala in Milan. Taken from the ‘Tutto Verdi’ box set of 27 Verdi operas. Recorded live at the Salzburg Festival, 5–10 August 2008.
Cast
Aleksandrs Antonenko
Marina Poplavskaya
Carlos Álvarez
Barbara Di Castri
Stephen Costello
Mikhail Petrenko
Simone del Savio
Andrea Porta
Crew
- Director
- Peter Schönhofer, Stephen Langridge
- Writer
- Arrigo Boito
- Original Music Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi
Details
- Release date
- 2008-08-05
- Runtime
- 2h 23m
- Genres
- Music
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- Austria
- Production
- Unitel Classica, C Major Entertainment