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Otello - Verdi Details

1974

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Starring	Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Peter Glossop
Director	Herbert von Karajan, Herbert Von Karajan
Genres	Music/Musical

Otello - Verdi

Herbert von Karajan directed this film of Verdi's Shakespearean masterpiece as well as conducting the Berlin Philharmonic. As the tragic Moor of Venice, arguably his greatest role, Jon Vickers 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.

Starring	Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Peter Glossop
Director	Herbert von Karajan, Herbert Von Karajan
Studio	DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 20 mins
Certificate
Genres	Music/Musical
Released	Production year: 1974 To Rent: DVD: 09 May 2007

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  Stick to the day job, Herbert!
  
  This is a great musical performance (Vickers is the greatest), but it's a ridiculous film. Scream with mirth as waves crash in time to the music, hoot with... read more »
  
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  Stands the test of time
  
  This recording was made some time ago, yet is still one of the best, if not the best, performance of Verdi's Otello.
  
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  Stick to the day job, Herbert!
  
  This is a great musical performance (Vickers is the greatest), but it's a ridiculous film. Scream with mirth as waves crash in time to the music, hoot with... read more »
  
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  Stick to the day job, Herbert!
  
  This is a great musical performance (Vickers is the greatest), but it's a ridiculous film. Scream with mirth as waves crash in time to the music, hoot with... read more »
  
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  Herbert von Karajan directed this film of Verdi's Shakespearean masterpiece as well as conducting the Berlin Philharmonic. As the tragic Moor of Venice, arguably his greatest role, Jon Vickers commands both the notes and the moral grandeur of the part. ...And he has the aura of greatness - ...