Verdi - Otello
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Actor: Alberto Erde, Gabriella Tucci, Mario Del Monaco, Tito GobbiComposer: Giuseppe Verdi
Orchestra: NHK Symphony Orchestra
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Italian (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Classical, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 131 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-09
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Video Artists Int'l
Movie Reviews of Verdi - Otello
Movie Review: a must-have
Summary: 5 Stars
no one who cares about opera should miss the chance to see and hear mario del monaco and tito gobbi together "live" as otello and iago, roles in which they were unsurpassed in their time.
it's true that this dvd's audio and video quality don't match modern standards, but for a 1959 tv broadcast they're perfectly fine, and the theatricality of the stars will sweep you away. del monaco and gabriella tucci as desdemona sing a ravishing "gia nella notte densa" that will surprise anyone who has dismissed del monaco as relentlessly loud.
necessary caveats: the embedded japanese subtitles are ever-present and can't be removed, and the video for otello"s "ora e per sempre addio" is missing (we see a series of stills of del monaco as the audio plays). despite its marks of age, this is the most satisfying "otello" on commercial dvd, and until the domingo-freni-cappuccilli performance under carlos kleiber at la scala from 1976 gets a legit video release, it's likely to remain so.
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