The Legacy of Othello
17 June 2022| 53 min
A fascinating exploration of the literary — The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, by English playwright William Shakespeare (1604) — and lyrical — Othello, by Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (1887) — myth of Othello, the desperately tragic story of a Moorish general in the army of the Venetian Republic whose absurd jealousy poisons his love for his wife Desdemona.
Genres
DocumentaryHistory
Cast
Joel Schultze-Motel
Oliver Magda
Katrin Katz Köbbert
Jonas Kaufmann
Jimmy Hartwig
