Research Catalog

Title

Otello / by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto, Arrigo Boito (after the play by William Shakespeare) ; directed for the stage by Elijah Moshinsky ; directed for television by Brian Large ; a co-production between The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [and] BBC-TV [and] Covent Garden Pioneer.

Publication

West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2001?], ©1992.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918
• Moshinsky, Elijah
• Large, Brian
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Te Kanawa, Kiri
• Leĭferkus, Sergeĭ, 1946-
• Earle, Roderick
• Leggate, Robin
• Remedios, Ramon
• Powell, Claire, 1954-
• Lackner, Christopher
• Beesley, Mark
• Solti, Georg, 1912-1997
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
• Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
• Royal Opera House (London, England), performer. clb http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
• Covent Garden Pioneer. clb
• British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service. clb
• Kultur International Films, publisher. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Description

1 videodisc (146 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

In order to revenge himself against Othello, Iago uses deceit to awaken in Othello a suspicion that his wife, Desdemona, has been unfaithful to him. After Othello kills Desdemona he learns of Iago's treachery, and plunges a dagger into his own heart.

Alternative Title

Giuseppe Verdi's Otello

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Music drama in four acts.

Credits (note)

• Producers (for BBC), Stephany Marks, Peter Maniura ; producer (for Covent Garden Pioneer), Jane Pleydell-Bouverie ; camera supervisor, Nick Jordan ; choreography, Eleanor Fazan ; editor, Tom Jones.

System Details (note)

• DVD, Dolby processed.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

ISBN

0769714927

LCCN

032031149298

OCLC

• ocm47268737
• SCSB-9054205

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries