Otello / by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto, Arrigo Boito (after the play by William Shakespeare) ; directed for the stage by Elijah Moshinsky ; directed for television by Brian Large ; a co-production between The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [and] BBC-TV [and] Covent Garden Pioneer.

In order to revenge himself against Othello, Iago uses deceit to awaken in Othello a suspicion that his wife, Desdemona, has been unfaithful to him. After Othello kills Desdemona he learns of Iago's treachery, and plunges a dagger into his own heart.

Bibliographic Details

Alternate Title:	Giuseppe Verdi's Otello.
Corporate Authors:	Royal Opera House (London, England) (Performer, Contributor) Covent Garden Pioneer (Contributor) British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service (Contributor) Kultur International Films (Publisher)
Other Authors:	Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918 (Librettist) Moshinsky, Elijah (Director) Large, Brian (Director) Domingo, Plácido, 1941- (Performer) Te Kanawa, Kiri (Performer) Leĭferkus, Sergeĭ, 1946- (Performer) Earle, Roderick (Performer) Leggate, Robin (Performer) Remedios, Ramon (Performer) Powell, Claire, 1954- (Performer) Lackner, Christopher (Performer) Beesley, Mark, 1961- (Performer) Solti, Georg, 1912-1997 (Conductor) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Otello
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Italian English
Published:	West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2001?], ©1992.
Genre:	Performances. Operas. DVD-Video discs.