
TMDb Rating
5.9/10
10 verified votes
Otello (1986)
DramaMusic
118 min
Plot Summary
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?"
Director
Franco Zeffirelli
Top Cast
Plácido DomingoKatia RicciarelliJustino DíazPetra MalakovaUrbano Barberini
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