Otello
7.6
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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Jon Vickers
Otello
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Bizet Carmen
Mirella Freni
Desdemona
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Falstaff
Peter Glossop
Jago
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Billy Budd
Stefania Malagú
Emilia
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The Barber of Seville
Macbeth
José van Dam
Lodovico
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Don Giovanni
Michel Sénéchal
Roderigo
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La Belle Hélène
Aldo Bottion
Cassio
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Herbert von Karajan
Conductor
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Karajan: New Year's Eve Concert
Roger Benamou Director · Arrigo Boito Writer William Shakespeare Author
First release May 21, 1973 · Produced in Germany
Production
Deutsche Grammophon
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Germany
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Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Germany · May 21, 1973
Theatrical
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