Otello
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?"
Cast
Plácido Domingo
as Otello
Katia Ricciarelli
as Desdemona
Justino Díaz
as Iago
Petra Malakova
as Emilia
Urbano Barberini
as Cassio
Massimo Foschi
as Lodovico
Sergio Nicolai
as Roderigo
Remo Remotti
as Brabantio
Antonio Pierfederici
as Doge
