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Otello (1986)

Otello (1986)

Drama Music
Release Date: 1986, September 4
Directors: Franco Zeffirelli
Countries: Italy, Netherlands, United States of America
Production: Italian International Film, The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
Cast: Urbano Barberini, Remo Remotti, Plácido Domingo, Antonio Pierfederici, Sergio Nicolai, Justino Díaz, Katia Ricciarelli, Massimo Foschi, Petra Malakova, Edwin Francis, Gabriella Borni

Overview:

Based on Shakespeare's play, Verdi's opera depicts the devastating effects of jealousy, "...the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds upon". Believing Otello has promoted the fast-rising Cassio over himself, Iago plots to destroy both Cassio and Otello. Iago convinces the jealous Otello that his beautiful wife Desdemona is unfaithful, and that Cassio is her lover. Jealousy is followed by tragedy, then retribution, "Has Heaven no more thunderbolts?"

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