Drama ·Music · Italy · 1986 · 1h 58m

Otello

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Director
Franco Zeffirelli
Cast
Plácido Domingo as Otello Katia Ricciarelli as Desdemona Justino Díaz as Iago Petra Malakova as Emilia Urbano Barberini as Cassio Massimo Foschi as Lodovico
Crew
Ennio Guarnieri — Director of Photography Franca Silvi — Editor Peter Taylor — Editor Arrigo Boito — Writer William Shakespeare — Novel Yoram Globus — Producer
Synopsis

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?"

Mood & Themes
opera
Key Collaborators
Franco Zeffirelli Director Ennio Guarnieri Director of Photography Franca Silvi Editor Peter Taylor Editor Arrigo Boito Writer William Shakespeare Novel Yoram Globus Producer Menahem Golan Producer Franco Zeffirelli Production Design Maurizio Millenotti Costume Design Anna Anni Costume Design
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