Otello

Synopsis
Verdi’s opera sung in German in a staging by Otto Schenk. Wolfgang Windgassen is Otello and Norman Mittelmann is Iago. The South German Radio Orchestra and Chorus of the Vienna Opera are conducted by Argeo Quadri.
Language
German (Standard)
Country
Germany
Medium
Television
Transmission details
1965
Duration
134 mins

Credits

Director
Otto Schenk
Writer
Arrigo Boito
Music
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast
Wolfgang WindgassenOthello
Sena JurinacDesdemona
Norman MittelmannIago
William BlankenshipMichael Cassio
Margareta LilowaEmilia
Adolf DallapozzaRoderigo
Leo HeppeHerald
Walter KneppelLodovico
Willy FerentzMontano

Additional Details

Theatre company
Vienna State Opera
Production type
Operas and Musicals
Plays
Othello
Subjects
Drama; Music
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
The opera was first staged in 1966. Released on VHS in 2000 and on DVD 2005.
General
According to the video distributor Arthaus Musik, ‘the producers in Vienna did not use playback but recorded each scene live. As the television studios were too small to accommodate a full-size opera orchestra, the musicians and conductor were situated in an acoustically appropriate but geographically separate hall, linked to the film studio only by cables and monitors. The scenes were recorded live and as editing technology as we know it today did not exist, so the work involved filming lengthy passages and repeating them as necessary’.

Production Company

Name

ORF

Email
kundendienst@orf.at
Web
http://ORF.at/ External site opens in new window
Phone
+43 (01) 87878-0
Address
Austrian Broadcasting Corporation Radio & Television (ORF)
Würzburggasse 30
Vienna
A-1136
Austria
Name

Südwestrundfunk (SWR)

Distributor (DVD)

Name

Arthaus Musik

Web
http://www.arthaus-musik.com External site opens in new window
Phone
017 37 64 56 00
Fax
017 37 64 40 65
Address
c/o Select Music and Video Dist Ltd
3 Wells Place
Redhill
Surrey
RH1 3SL

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Email
shop@roh.org.uk
Web
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Phone
=44 (0) 20 7212 9331

Online Retailer

Name

Bel Canto Society

Web
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Phone
212-877 5813
Fax
212-877-2792
Address
Department A
85 Furniture Drive
Milford
CT 06460, USA

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Otello". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av69267 (Accessed 13 Nov 2024)