Otello
- Alternative title
- Othello
- Synopsis
- Verdi’s opera adapted for television by Walter Felsenstein and Georg Mielke, directed by Walter Felsenstein and performed by the Komische Oper Berlin conducted by Kurt Masur. Hans Nocker is Otello.
- Language
- German (Standard)
- Country
- Germany
- Medium
- Television; Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Transmission details
- 24 Dec 1969 at 20:00 (Channel: DFF/DDR-2)
- Duration
- 121 mins
Credits
- Director
- Walter Felsenstein
- Writer
- Arrigo Boito
- Music
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Costume
- Helga Scherff; Rudolf Heinrich
- Contributor
- Georg Mielke
- Adaptor for Television
- Walter Felsenstein
- Cast
Hans Nocker Othello Christa Noack von Kamptz Desdemona Vladimir Bauer Iago Hans-Otto Rogge Michael Cassio Hanna Schmoock Emilia Herbert Rössler Horst-Dieter Kaschel Horst-Erich Blasberg Peter Seufert
Additional Details
- Theatre company
- Komische Oper, Berlin
- Production type
- Operas and Musicals
- Plays
- Othello
- Subjects
- Drama; Music
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- History
- Originally broadcast on Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF), the state television broadcaster in East Germany.
- Textual information
- Libretto adapted by Arrigo Boito.
- Reviews
- Symcox, Peter. Opera Quarterly 4 (Winter 1986-87), pp. 118-21.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv (DRA) Babelsberg
- Contact
- info@dra.de
- sekretariat@dra.de
- Web
- http://www.dra.de External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +49 (0)331 58 12-0
- Fax
- +49 (0)331 58 12-199
- Address
- Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 20
Potsdam
14482
Online Retailer
- Name
amazon.com
- Web
- http://www.amazon.com External site opens in new window
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Otello". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av37614 (Accessed 10 Nov 2024)