Verdi: Otello (2015) — music film. Directed by Gary Halvorson, Bartlett Sher. Starring Aleksandrs Antonenko, Željko Lučić, Sonya Yoncheva, Dimitri Pittas. This page maps 8 characters and 10 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
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Psychological tragedy exploring jealousy, manipulation, and the destruction of trust within a Venetian military command.
Music · 7/10 · 164 min · 2015
Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher’s bold new production probes the psychological underpinnings of Verdi’s dynamic setting of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. At the helm of this performance is riveting conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who brings out all the cascading emotions in Verdi’s turbulent score. Aleksandrs Antonenko is the Moor Otello, the triumphant general of the Venetian army who is ultimately brought down by the sly insinuations of his friend Iago (Željko Lučić). Sonya Yoncheva continues to win fans as Desdemona, Otello’s faithful and long-suffering wife. With Günther Groissböck as Lodovico and Dimitri Pittas as Cassio.
