Otello
Otello
Watch otello HDtoday. Based on Shakespeare's play, Verdi's opera depicts the devastating effects of jealousy, "...the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds upon". Believing Otello has promoted the fast-rising Cassio over himself, Iago plots to destroy both Cassio and Otello. Iago convinces the jealous Otello that his beautiful wife Desdemona is unfaithful, and that Cassio is her lover. Jealousy is followed by tragedy, then retribution, "Has Heaven no more thunderbolts?"
- Genre: Drama, Music
- Country: Italy, Netherlands, United States
- Director: Franco Zeffirelli
- Cast: Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Díaz, Petra Malakova, Urbano Barberini, Massimo Foschi, Edwin Francis, Sergio Nicolai, Remo Remotti, Antonio Pierfederici, Gabriella Borni, Enzo Marino Bellanich, Peter Lapres, Alessandro Spadorcia, Benito Barbieri, Daniela Merlo,
