Overview
In the 16th century, in Cyprus, at the port of Famagusta, General Otello arrives with his ship after defeating the Turkish navy in the Mediterranean and securing Venetian rule over Cyprus, but jealousy, conspiracy and revenge lead to tragedy. ‘Otello’ is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Arrigo Boito based on William Shakespeare’s ‘Othello, the Moor of Venice’, and premiered on 5 February 1887 at La Scala in Milan. Taken from the ‘Tutto Verdi’ box set of 27 Verdi operas. Recorded live at the Salzburg Festival, 5–10 August 2008.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 5, 2008
- Original language
- Italian
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- Austria
- Production
- Unitel Classica,C Major Entertainment
- Cast
- Carlos Álvarez,Barbara Di Castri,Simone del Savio,Marina Poplavskaya,Aleksandrs Antonenko,Antonello Ceron,Mikhail Petrenko,Andrea Porta,Stephen Costello
- Director
- Peter Schönhofer,Stephen Langridge
- Music
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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