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
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
- 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
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
- shop@roh.org.uk
- Web
- http://rohshop.org External site opens in new window
- Phone
- =44 (0) 20 7212 9331
Online Retailer
- Name
Bel Canto Society
- Web
- http://www.belcantosociety.com External site opens in new window
- 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 26 Nov 2024)