Learning on ScreenOtello
- Synopsis
- Live recording of Verdi’s opera staged at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York hosted by Francis Robinson. Jon Vickers sings the title role. The New York Metropolitan Opera and Chorus is conducted by James Levine. The direction for stage is by Fabrizio Melano and stage production by Franco Zeffirelli. Kirk Browning directs for television.
- Series
- Live from the Met
- Language
- Italian (Standard)
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Transmission details
- 25 Sep 1978 (Channel: WNET)
- Duration
- 230 mins
Credits
- Director
- Fabrizio Melano; Kirk Browning
- Producer
- Christopher Sarson; Franco Zeffirelli
- Writer
- Arrigo Boito
- Music
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Costume
- Peter J. Hall
- Contributor
- Francis Robinson
- Cast
Jon Vickers Othello Renata Scotto Desdemona Cornell MacNeil Iago Raymond Gibbs Michael Cassio Jean Kraft Emilia Andrea Velis Roderigo Arthur Thompson Herald James Morris Lodovico Robert Goodloe Montano
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY
- Theatre company
- New York Metropolitan Opera
- Production type
- Operas and Musicals
- Plays
- Othello
- Subjects
- Drama; Music
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Notes
- History
- The intermission features Francis Robinson talking about how the play Othello became the opera Otello; past Met performances of Otello and Robinson interviewing James Levine, Renata Scotto, Jon Vickers and Cornell MacNeil.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
Paley Center for Media
- Web
- http://www.paleycenter.org/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (212) 621-6600
- Address
- 25 West 52 Street
New York
New York
110019
USA - Notes
- Formerly Museum of Television and Radio (MTR). The name changed in 2007.
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