Film

Verdi: Otello

2018 · 2h 50m · Music

Kirill Petrenko and Anja Harteros Are Magnificent in the Staatsoper’s Otello

Like an outcry the elemental force of the orchestra shatters the silence, the storm on the coast of Cyprus rages incessantly. The wind whips, lightening cuts through the roaring skies. As Othello, the great general and commander becomes entangled in Iago's web of machinations; as the calamitous seed of jealousy germinates and Othello's love for his wife Desdemona begins to decay, even on their wedding day; as Desdemona, "nevertheless insists, although she senses or feels that this harm comes her way, and that Othello in his jealousy is really capable of killing her" (Amélie Niermeyer) – with his Otello Verdi created an operatic drama, the likes of which had never before been so tight, so direct, so intensive and so beautiful, and still today unmatched.

Jonas Kaufmann

Otello

Gerald Finley

Jago

Anja Harteros

Desdemona

Evan LeRoy Johnson

Cassio

Galeano Salas

Roderigo

Rachael Wilson

Emilia

Kirill Petrenko

Conductor

• Arrigo BoitoWriter
• Giuseppe VerdiOriginal Music Composer

Release date

December 2, 2018

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

2h 50m

Genres

Music