Otello (1973)
2h 20m
Running Time
May 21, 1973Release Date
Otello (1973)
2h 20m
Running Time
May 21, 1973Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Jon Vickers
Otello

Mirella Freni
Desdemona

Peter Glossop
Jago

Stefania Malagú
Emilia

José van Dam
Lodovico

Michel Sénéchal
Roderigo

Aldo Bottion
Cassio

Herbert von Karajan
Conductor
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