Release Date
21 May, 1973
Runtime
02:20: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
Herbert von Karajan directed this film of Verdi’s Shakespearan masterpiece as well as conducting the Berlin Philharmonic. As the tragic Moor of Venice, arguably his greatest role, John Vickers (in the words of critic David Cairns) "commands both the notes and the moral grandeur of the part. … And he has the aura of greatness – greatness of heart, of bearing, of musical and dramatic conception". Mirella Freni is a heartbreakingly lovely and fragile Desdemona, while the fine English baritone Peter Glossop plays the villainous Jago.
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Jon Vickers
Mirella Freni
Peter Glossop
José van Dam
Michel Sénéchal
Herbert von Karajan
Giuseppe Verdi
William Shakespeare