Othello
Other operas based on Shakespeare's play Othello:
Otello (Othello) - Gioachino Rossini
Shakespeare
Other operas based on plays by Shakespeare:
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Benjamin Britten
Anthony and Cleopatra - Samuel Barber
Otello (Othello) - Giuseppe Verdi
Information about the opera Otello by Giuseppe Verdi, and the best recordings available on CD or DVD, or for download.
Recommended recordings on CD
Davis/O'Neill/Schwanewilms (LSO Live LSO 0700)
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Colin Davis, 2010.
Cast: Simon O'Neill (Otello), Anne Schwanewilms (Desdemona), Gerald Finley (Iago), Allan Clayton (Cassio).
LSO Live LSO 0700
Panizza/Martinelli/Rethberg (Naxos Historical 8.111018-19)
A live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, in 1938.
Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, conducted by Ettore Panizza, 1938.
Cast: Giovanni Martinelli (Otello), Elisabeth Rethberg (Desdemona), Lawrence Tibbett (Iago), Nicholas Massue (Cassio).
Naxos Historical 8.111018-19 (mono)
Chung/Domingo/Studer (Deutsche Grammophon 439 805-2)
The best modern recording of Otello.
Maitrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Bastille Opera Chorus, Bastille Opera Orchestra, Paris Opera Children's Chorus, conducted by Myung-Whun Chung, 1993.
Cast: Plácido Domingo (Otello), Cheryl Studer (Desdemona), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago), Ramón Vargas (Cassio).
Deutsche Grammophon 439 805-2
Recommended recordings on DVD
Solti/Domingo/Kanawa (Opus Arte OA R3102 D)
A television production from the Royal Opera House, well filmed and with an outstanding cast.
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus, conducted by Sir Georg Solti, 1992.
Cast: Plácido Domingo (Otello), Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Desdemona), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago), Robin Leggate (Cassio).
Opus Arte OA R3102 D