Otello

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Jon Vickers

Otello

Age : 88 | Popularity : 3%

Mirella Freni

Desdemona

Age : 89 | Popularity : 5%

Peter Glossop

Jago

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Stefania Malagú

Emilia

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

José van Dam

Lodovico

Age : 83 | Popularity : 3%

Michel Sénéchal

Roderigo

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Aldo Bottion

Cassio

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Herbert von Karajan

Conductor

Age : 81 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Theatre Play	William Shakespeare
	Writer	Arrigo Boito
Sound	Music	Giuseppe Verdi
	Conductor	Herbert von Karajan
Directing	Director	Roger Benamou
Camera	Director of Photography	Ernst Wild
Art	Production Design	Georges Wakhévitch
Department	Role	Name

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