SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Filmed version of Verdi’s opera directed by Franco Zeffirelli. The Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan are conducted by Lorin Maazel who also directed and produced the music. Placido Domingo is Otello and Justino Diaz is Iago.

Language

Italian (Standard)

Country

Italy

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

1986

Duration

122 mins; 11,027 feet

Credits

Director

Franco Zeffirelli

Producer

Menahem Golan; Yoram Globus

Cinematographer

Ennio Guarnieri

Writer

Arrigo Boito

Screenplay

Franco Zeffirelli

Music

Giuseppe Verdi

Art Direction

Gianni Quaranta

Cast

Plácido Domingo	Othello
Katia Ricciarelli	Desdemona
Justino Diaz	Iago
Urbano Barberini	Michael Cassio
Petra Malakova	Emilia
Costantin Zaharia	singing voice of Roderigo (Roderigo)
Edward Toumajin	singing voice of Montano (Montano)
Edwin Francis	Montano
Giannicola Pigliucci	singing voice of Araldo (Herald)
John Macurdy	singing voice of Lodovico (Lodovico)
Massimo Foschi	Lodovico
Remo Remotti	Brabantio
Sergio Nicolai	Roderigo

Additional Details

Theatre company

Teatro alla Scala, Orchestra and Chorus

Production type

Operas and Musicals

Historical period

Renaissance Italy

Plays

Othello

Subjects

Music

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Related items

Zeffirelli’s ‘Otello’, From Stage to Screen

Notes

Reviews

Lebrecht, Norman. Opera News 51 (1986) pp 38-40. Citron, Marcia J. ‘A Night at the Cinema: Zeffirelli’s OTELLO and the Genre of Film-Opera’ Musical Quarterly 78 (1994) pp 700-41.

Production Company

Name

Cannon Italia

Address

Italy

Name

Italian International Film

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Retail outlets