SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Recording of a Keith Warner’s staging of Verdi’s opera Otello, directed for the screen by Jonathan Haswell. Sung in Italian.

Language

Italian (Standard)

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video

Year of release

2018

Duration

150 mins

Credits

Director

Jonathan Haswell; Keith Warner

Conductor

Antonio Pappano

Cast

Jonas Kaufmann	Othello
Maria Agresta	Desdemona
Marco Vratogna	Iago
Frederic Antoun	Michael Cassio
Kai Ruutel	Emilia
Thomas Atkins	Roderigo
Yuki Shibamoto	Montano

Additional Details

Theatre

Royal Opera House

Production type

Operas and Musicals

Historical period

Renaissance Italy

Plays

Othello

Subjects

Drama; Music; Shakespeare

Notes

Notes

The DVD offers subtitles in English, French, German and Italian and two featurettes on Shakespeare’s characters and Verdi’s music.

History

The production originally ran at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden from 21 June to 15 July 2017. Screened live in cinemas on 28 June 2017 and then broadcast on UK television on BBC Four on 15 October 2017.

Archive

Name

BoB

Email

bob@learningonscreen.ac.uk

Web

https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand External site opens in new window

Phone

020 3743 2345

Address

Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
330 Holborn Gate
1st Floor, Suite 120
London
WC1V 7QH

Notes

Formerly a service from BUFVC, British Universities Film & Video Council

Distributor (DVD)

Name

Sony Classical