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Otello / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boito ; a production of Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoHamburg : Deutsche Grammophon ; New York, NY : Manufactured and marketed by Universal Classics Group : Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, ©2005.
Description1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Operas--Film adaptations.
Other author/creatorBoito, Arrigo, 1842-1918 librettist.
Other author/creatorFreni, Mirella, 1935-2020 performer.
Other author/creatorMalagù, Stefania, performer.
Other author/creatorVickers, Jon performer.
Other author/creatorBottion, Aldo performer.
Other author/creatorSénéchal, Michel performer.
Other author/creatorGlossop, Peter, 1928-2008 performer.
Other author/creatorMacchi, Mario (Bass), performer.
Other author/creatorDam, José van performer.
Other author/creatorKarajan, Herbert von conductor, director.
Other author/creatorWakhevitch, Georges, 1907-1984, designer, costume designer.
Other author/creatorWild, Ernst, cinematographer.
Other author/creatorShakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.
Included WorkVerdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Otello.
Other author/creatorUnitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH, production personnel.
Other author/creatorDeutsche Oper Berlin. Chor performer.
Other author/creatorBerliner Philharmoniker performer.
General noteOpera in 4 acts.
General noteBased on Shakespeare's tragedy.
General noteOriginally produced in 1974.
General noteSynopsis by Karl Dietrich Gräwe (12 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
CreditsDirector, Herbert von Karajan; set design and costumes, Georges Wakhevitch; director of photography, Ernst Wild.
Performer Mirella Freni, soprano; Stefania Malagù, mezzo-soprano; Jon Vickers, Aldo Bottion, Michel Sénéchal, tenors; Peter Glossop, baritone; Mario Macchi, José van Dam, basses; Chorus of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert von Karajan, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Dec. 1972, Philharmonie, Berlin; filmed Aug. 1973, at Bavaria Studios, Munich, and Dürer Studios, Salzburg.
Technical detailsDVD; region 0; NTSC; picture format 4:3; PCM stereo., DTS 5.1.
LanguageSung in Italian, with subtitles in Italian, English, French, German, and Chinese.
UPC 044007340400
Publisher numberB0004285-09 Deutsche Grammophon

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