Verdi - Otello / Domingo, Fleming, Morris, Croft, Levine, Moshinsky, Metropolitan Opera | 
 enlarge | Director: Brian Large
Actors: Placido Domingo, Renee Fleming, James Morris, Jane Bunnell, Richard Croft
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
Category: DVD
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Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 5736
Format: Ac-3, Classical, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Chinese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 142 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.5 x 0.6
MPN: 000210709
UPC: 044007309292
EAN: 0044007309292
ASIN: B00012AST0
Theatrical Release Date: January 31, 1996
Release Date: April 13, 2004
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| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
Excelent DVD January 5, 2009
A. Delaspozas (Miami, Florida United States)
Verdi - Otello / Domingo, Fleming, Morris, Croft, Levine, Moshinsky, Metropolitan Opera
Outstanding video.
The acting and singing are very good and convincing.
Otello's troubled personality which goes from love to jealousy, anger and finally to murder and suicide is well performed by Placido Domingo.
Morris and Renne Fleming are of equally great, he has played a manipulative and evil character and the lovely Desdemona shows her love to Otello until the end.
Levine was great as usual.
The rest of the cast was wonderful as well as the staging.
The quality of the DVD is excellent.
 Almost perfect! December 27, 2008
Jeremy in Chicago (Chicago, IL)
I really want to give this DVD 5 stars because of the jaw-dropping performance from Placido Domingo. It is easily the most powerful acting performance by a tenor I have ever seen in an opera. I also heartily disagree with reviewers criticizing his voice. If you want to hear a crappy Domingo performance, watch the Karjan Trovatore! He is sublime here. Equally so is Renee Fleming, so perfectly cast. The sets, orchestra, and chorus are stellar. There are only two things wrong here. One, is James Morris as Jago. He's a great bass, but he leaves off the top notes in "Inaffia l'ugola," which is hugely disappointing. By no means is he terrible, but his acting was minimal at best and he lacked the upper register of better Jago's like Leo Nucci. The other disappointment is that when Otello stabs himself, there is no blood. I know it's asking a LOT from an opera house to either show some blood or hide the wound, but here they do neither. It's a very distracting way to end the opera, if you ask me. But this DVD will be watched many times!
It should have been called "Desdemona" October 31, 2008
Mark Twain (Florida, MO USA)
If there was anything to be replaced in this production, it would be Domingo. He is too old for the vocal demands of the role and never had the right voice for Othello, anyway. Otherwise, the performance is excellent and Renee Fleming's Desdemona can not be possibly bettered. I must admit not being a huge fan of this opera, with its moronic hero and bombastic musical writing, but do have a favorite performance, which is a Tokyo production with Del Monaco, Gobbi, and Erede conducting. So, sue me.
Desdemona bella... July 28, 2008
Heide
This is probably the best "Otello" on DVD. Placido Domingo has some moments in which his voice sounds forced, particularly in "Si, pel ciel", but on the whole, the production is excellent, with great, exciting conducting by James Levine, a very good and believable Iago in James Morris, and a really good Cassio and Emilia.
The true star of the production, however, is Renee Fleming, who is simply spectacular as Desdemona. She sings like an angel, with wonderful expression and some ravishing pianissimi. Definitely the best Desdemona I've ever heard.
The staging is very lush and the costumes gorgeous, but I really can't understand why the old Met production, which was beautiful, wasn't kept on for a few more years. I'm sure there are other Met productions far more in need of updating.
 Looks good, but doesn't work July 28, 2008
Jan Mcdermott (San Francisco)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I got this CD which didn't work. Received a replacment, which didn't work either. Is this a coincidence?
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