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Otello

Synopsis
Verdi’s Otello staged by Staffan Valdermar Holm and produced for television by Thomas Grimm. Stig F gh Andersen sings the title role. The Royal Danish Opera is conducted by Michael Sch nwandt.
Language
Italian (Standard)
Country
Denmark
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Transmission details
17 Dec 2001

Credits

Director
Staffan Valdemar Holm
Producer
Thomas Grimm
Writer
Arrigo Boito
Music
Giuseppe Verdi
Production Design
Staffan Valdemar Holm
Costume
Bente Lykke Moeller
Cast
Stig F gh AndersenOthello
Irene TheroinDesdemona
Per H yerIago
Gert Henning-JensenMichael Cassio
Elisabeth HallingEmilia
Christian ChristiansenLodovico
Hans LawaetzHerald
John LundgrenMontano
Johnny van HalRoderigo

Additional Details

Theatre
Kongelige Theatre, Copenhagen
Theatre company
Royal Danish Opera
Production type
Operas and Musicals
Historical period
Contemporary
Plays
Othello
Subjects
Drama; Music
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
NOTE: DR Archive and Research Centre does not lend programmes from the television archives. For purposes of research, however, it is possible via the public library system to access TV programmes from Statens Mediesamling at the national library in Århus, which has since 1987 received video copies of all programs that have been transmitted on DR-TV.
Stills
Staffan Valdemar Holm updated the action to the quasi-present, with a black-uniformed Iago in charge of a group of Gestapo-like guards with rifles who never let Otello and Desdemona out of their sights.

Production Company

Name

Danmarks Radio

Archive

Name

DR Archive and Research Center

Email
arkivsalg@dr.dk
Web
http://www.dr.dk External site opens in new window
Phone
+45 3520 3810
Fax
+45 3520 3809
Address
DR Byen
Emil Holms Kanal 20
Copenhagen
Denmark
Notes
There is no public access to the Archive and Research Center; the facility is for DR staff only and for footage sales (DR website 10/2007)

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