Verdi's Otello Performances
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1.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
Otello
(1996)
142 min | Musical
The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming, James Morris, Jane Bunnell
Votes: 38
2. Otello (1992 TV Movie)
147 min | Drama, Music, Romance
The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Plácido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Sergei Leiferkus, Claire Powell
Votes: 82
3.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
Otello
(1978)
210 min | Musical
The Metropolitan Opera's first live telecast of the 1978-79 season, and the first presentation of Verdi's "Otello" ever on the "Live from the Met" PBS TV series.
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Jon Vickers, Renata Scotto, Cornell MacNeil, Jean Kraft
Votes: 18
4. Otello (2008 TV Movie)
130 min | Music
The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
Director: Peter Schönhofer | Stars: Aleksandrs Antonenko, Marina Poplavskaya, Carlos Álvarez, Barbara Di Castri
Votes: 10
5.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Verdi: Otello
(2012)
Not Rated | Musical
The villain Iago plots to ruin the Moorish general Otello. Verdi had to be coaxed out of retirement by his publisher for a new opera; Verdi agreed after meeting librettist Boito, and the two of them settled on Shakespeare for their subject.
Director: Barbara Willis Sweete | Stars: Semyon Bychkov, Sondra Radvanovsky, Stephen Gaertner, Michael Fabiano
Votes: 24
6. Otello (1976 TV Movie)
Drama, Music
The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
Stars: Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Piero Cappuccilli, Giuliano Ciannella
Votes: 29
7. Otello (1974)
142 min | Drama, Music
The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
Director: Roger Benamou | Stars: Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Peter Glossop, Stefania Malagù
Votes: 51
8.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Verdi: Otello
(2015)
Not Rated | 180 min | Musical
The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Eric Owens, Jeffrey Mattsey, Dimitri Pittas
Votes: 18
9.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
Otello
(1979)
210 min | Musical
Placido Domingo's first performance of the role on US live TV.
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Plácido Domingo, Gilda Cruz-Romo, Sherrill Milnes, Giuliano Ciannella
Votes: 18
10. Otello (2012)
Drama, Music
In Verdi's masterful adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy, a great warrior discovers the one weapon against which he has no defense-his own jealousy. South African tenor Johan Botha, "... See full summary »
Director: Frank Zamacona | Stars: Johan Botha, Zvetelina Vassileva, Marco Vratogna, Beau Gibson
Votes: 14
11. Otello (1986)
PG | 118 min | Drama, Music
Verdi's famous opera is brought to life in this production. The immortal tale of the noble Moor and his beautiful young wife, and of his lieutenant, whose jealousy and lust for power lead him to commit the ultimate treason.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Díaz, Petra Malakova
Votes: 617 | Gross: $0.19M
12.
Musical TV Theater (1970– )
Episode:
Otello
(1978)
Musical
Director: Ádám Horváth | Stars: József Simándi, Katalin Pitti, György Melis, János Berkes
13. The Royal Opera House: Otello (2017)
149 min | Music
Hateful Iago sabotages Otello's marriage, with many tragic results.
Director: Jonathan Haswell | Stars: Antonio Pappano, Simon Shibambu, Frédéric Antoun, Marco Vratogna
Votes: 10
14. Otello (1979 TV Movie)
91 min | Drama, Music
Director: Viktor Okuntsov | Stars: Vladimir Atlantov, Milena Tontegode, Aleksandr Romantsov, Vladimir Shevelkov
15. Otello (1962 TV Movie)
150 min | Music
Stars: Hans Beirer, Renata Tebaldi, William Dooley, Mario Ferrara
16. Otello (1965 TV Movie)
134 min | Music
Stars: Wolfgang Windgassen, Sena Jurinac, Norman Mittelmann, Margarita Lilova
17. Otello (1958)
135 min | Music
Director: Franco Enriquez | Stars: Mario Del Monaco, Renato Capecchi, Gino Mattera, Athos Cesarini
Votes: 10
18. Otello (2006 TV Movie)
151 min | Music
Opera by Verdi, based on Shakespeare's play Othello. The jealous general Otello believes the lie that his wife Desdemona, is adulterous, strangles her and commits suicide.
Director: Ángel Luis Ramírez | Stars: José Cura, Lado Ataneli, Vittorio Grigòlo, Vicenç Esteve
Votes: 8
19. Otello (1959 TV Movie)
131 min | Music
A superb rendition of the iintriger along with an awesome inspiring Del Monaco
Stars: Mario Del Monaco, Gabriella Tucci, Tito Gobbi, Anna di Stasio
Votes: 7
20. Otello (2003 TV Movie)
150 min | Music
Director: Vincent Batallion | Stars: Giuseppe Altomare, Enrico Facini, Barbara Frittoli, Vladimir Galouzine
21. Otello (II) (2001 TV Movie)
Drama, Musical
The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
Director: Thomas Grimm | Stars: Stig Fogh Andersen, Per Høyer, Iréne Theorin, Christian Christiansen
22. Otello (1948 TV Movie)
Musical
The first live telecast of an entire opera from the stage of the old Metropolitan Opera House (1883-1966).
Stars: Licia Albanese, John Garris, Thomas Hayward, Martha Lipton
23. Otello (1982 TV Movie)
145 min | Drama, Music
Director: Preben Montell | Stars: Vladimir Atlantov, Kiri Te Kanawa, Piero Cappuccilli, Flora Rafanelli
Votes: 12
24.
Festival (1960–1969)
Episode:
Othello
(1963)
Drama
Director: Franz Kraemer | Stars: Richard Cassilly, Ilona Kombrink, Louis Quilico, John McCollum
25. Othello (I) (2006)
Drama
William Shakespeare's Othello speaks of betrayal, suspicion, paranoia, and indeed jealousy. Originally presented on stage at the Theater on High Street in Moorpark, CA.
Director: Robert C. Bruce | Stars: Ali Allie, April Fissell, David Himes, Gary Saderup
26.
The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
Episode:
An Evening with Joan Sutherland & Luciano Pavarotti
(1987)
114 min | Musical
Act 3 of Verdi's La traviata, Act 1 Scene 2 and Act 3 Scene 3 of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, and Act 3 of Verdi's Rigoletto, performed in full costume on production sets.
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Leo Nucci, Hillary Johnsson
27. Verdi: Otello (2003 TV Movie)
157 min | Music
Director: Alexandre Tarta | Stars: Christian Franz, Valeri Alexejev, Emily Magee, Stephan Rügamer
28. Otello (I) (2001 TV Movie)
140 min | Music, Drama
The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
Director: Carlo Battistoni | Stars: Plácido Domingo, Leo Nucci, Cesare Catani, Barbara Frittoli
Votes: 25
29. Verdi: Otello (2014 TV Movie)
Unrated | 149 min | Music
Verdi was over seventy when he set about raising Italian opera to a whole new level, succeeding magnificently in combining two traditions in his penultimate masterpiece. Based on ... See full summary »
Director: Tiziano Mancini | Stars: Gregory Kunde, Carmela Remigio, Lucio Gallo, Elisabetta Martorana
30. Verdi: Otello (1966 TV Movie)
139 min | Music
Directors: Herbert Graf, Nino Sanzogno | Stars: Pier Miranda Ferraro, Tito Gobbi, Laura Londi, Anna di Stasio
Votes: 5
32. Otello (2022 Video)
152 min | Music
Directors: Andreas Chalikias, Nikolas Passaris | Stars: Aleksandrs Antonenko, Tassis Christoyannis, Dimitris Paksoglou, Yannis Kalyvas
33. Verdi: Otello (I) (2017 Video)
147 min | Music
Director: Tiziano Mancini | Stars: Benjamin Bernheim, Gordon Bintner, José Cura, Christa Mayer
34. Dudamel and Verdi's Otello (2018 Video)
Music
Director: Kenneth Shapiro | Stars: Mario Chang, Julianna Di Giacomo, Gustavo Dudamel, George Gagnidze
35. Otello (2018 Video)
168 min | Music
Director: Tilo Krause | Stars: Jonas Kaufmann, Gerald Finley, Evan Leroy Johnson, Galeano Salas
36. Verdi: Otello (II) (2017 Video)
200 min | Music
Director: Tiziano Mancini | Stars: Roberto Frontali, Davide Giusti, Stuart Neill, Jessica Nuccio
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