Otello (movie)

Otello (movie)

  • Production country: US
  • Producer: Jürgen Flimm
  • Genre: Music
  • Release date: 1/1/2001
  • Run time: 157 min.

Movie description

One of the chief pleasures of this live production of Otello from the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden is Daniel Barenboim's conducting. From the opening gale-force blast of storm music, through the crunching and stabbing accompaniment of Iago's "Credo" to the shimmering strings of Desdemona's "Willow Song", he doesn't miss a trick. Everything works at the highest pitch of intensity and the orchestra sticks to his beat like glue. It's a necessary compensation for the shortcomings of the staging: the stolid chorus remains unperturbed by the storm and is directed to perform with unison movements; the acting (apart from Valeri Alexejev) is non-committal, and Alexandre Tarta's video direction somewhat flat-footed. She doesn't manage to make much small-screen sense of an impenetrably murky opening scene, for example, and doesn't seem fond of reaction shots.

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Christian Franz

Christian Franz

Role(s): Otello (tenor)

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Emily Magee

Emily Magee

Role(s): Desdemona (soprano)

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Valeri Alexejev

Valeri Alexejev

Role(s): Iago (baritone)

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Stephan Rügamer

Stephan Rügamer

Role(s): Cassio (tenor)

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Andreas Schmidt

Andreas Schmidt

Role(s): Roderigo (tenor)

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