Otello
Starring: Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Díaz, Petra Malakova, Urbano Barberini
Writer: Franco Zeffirelli, William Shakespeare, Masolino D'Amico, Arrigo Boito
Release Date:
September 4, 1986
September 4, 1986
Ratings:
5.9 / 10
5.9 / 10
Director:
Franco Zeffirelli
Franco Zeffirelli
Companies:
Italian International Film
Italian International Film
Overview
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?"
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