Verdi: Otello (2018): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 2018, Verdi: Otello is a musik film, running about 170 minutes. “Kirill Petrenko and Anja Harteros Are Magnificent in the Staatsoper’s Otello” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. Like an outcry the elemental force of the orchestra shatters the silence, the storm on the coast of Cyprus rages incessantly. The wind whips, lightening cuts through the roaring skies. As Othello, the great general and commander becomes entangled in Iago's web of machinations; as the calamitous seed of jealousy germinates and Othello's love for his wife Desdemona begins to decay, even on their wedding day; as Desdemona, "nevertheless insists, although she senses or feels that this harm comes her way, and that Othello in his jealousy is really capable of killing her" (Amélie Niermeyer) – with his Otello Verdi created an operatic drama, the likes of which had never before been so tight, so direct, so intensive and so beautiful, and still today unmatched.

Who’s in it. Verdi: Otello stars Jonas Kaufmann as Otello, Gerald Finley as Jago, Anja Harteros as Desdemona and Evan LeRoy Johnson as Cassio, among others.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Verdi: Otello page.

If you liked it. Fans of Verdi: Otello tend to enjoy Whiplash, Coco - Lebendiger als das Leben!, Green Book - Eine besondere Freundschaft and Die Legende vom Ozeanpianisten.