Verdi Otello
“Glorious portrait of Renata Tebaldi”
Desdemona in Verdi's Otello was a career role for soprano Renata Tebaldi, from her first operatic performance outside of Italy to her final appearance on the opera stage. Between those landmarks she performed the role nearly 100 times all over the world and made studio audio recordings that became reference recordings for the role. This 1962 production with the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Giuseppe Patane was planned as a media event from the outset and blessedly captures a consummate artist in a signature role at the peak of her gifts.
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Renata Tebaldi
Desdemona
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Hans Beirer
Otello
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William Dooley
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Mario Ferrara
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Karl-Ernst Mercker
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Sieglinde Wagner
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Ivan Sardi
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Hans-Dietrich Pohl
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Giuseppe Patanè
Conductor
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Hans-Peter Lehmann Director · Arrigo Boito Writer William Shakespeare Author
First release February 1, 1962 · Produced in Germany
Production
Arthaus Musik
Production
Germany
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Germany · February 1, 1962
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