The Metropolitan Opera Otello (1995)

Verdis monumental score is fully the equal of Shakespeares famous tragedyand both demand great actors This is one performance where both playwright and composer are well served Plácido Domingos Otello is one of the glories of the operatic world beautifully sung and so commandingly acted that audiences are devastated by the end Renée Flemings ravishingly beautiful Desdemona is deeply moving and as Iago James Morris is as beguiling as he is menacing Under James Levines conducting the Met orchestra and chorus are vital characters in the drama