Otello
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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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Plácido Domingo
Otello
Known for
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
The Book of Life
Katia Ricciarelli
Desdemona
Known for
Faccia d'angelo
The Second Wedding Night
Justino Díaz
Iago
Also in
Callas Forever
Bizet Carmen
Petra Malakova
Emilia
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Urbano Barberini
Cassio
Known for
Demons
Opera
Massimo Foschi
Lodovico
Known for
Last Cannibal World
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Edwin Francis
Montano
Also in
The Inquiry
Sergio Nicolai
Roderigo
Known for
Jesus of Nazareth
Yor: The Hunter from the Future
Remo Remotti
Brabantio
Known for
Bianca
Letters to Juliet
Antonio Pierfederici
Doge
Known for
Black Sunday
Romeo and Juliet
Gabriella Borni
Dancer Soloist
Also in
La traviata
Enzo Marino Bellanich
Known for
The Scent of the Night
Me, Them and Lara
Franco Zeffirelli Director · William Shakespeare Author Ennio Guarnieri Cinematographer
United States release December 17, 1986 · Produced in Italy, Netherlands, United States · Production The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
Production
Italian International Film
Production
The Cannon Group
Production
Golan-Globus Productions
Production
Italy · Netherlands · United States
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Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
France · May 15, 1986
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · December 17, 1986
Theatrical
France
September 10, 1986 · Theatrical
Germany
September 4, 1986 · Theatrical
Italy
October 31, 1986 · Theatrical
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