Herbert von Karajan directed this film of Verdi’s Shakespearan masterpiece as well as conducting the Berlin Philharmonic. As the tragic Moor of Venice, arguably his greatest role, John Vickers (in the words of critic David Cairns) "commands both the notes and the moral grandeur of the part. … And he has the aura of greatness – greatness of heart, of bearing, of musical and dramatic conception". Mirella Freni is a heartbreakingly lovely and fragile Desdemona, while the fine English baritone Peter Glossop plays the villainous Jago.
Verdi: Aida
Drama, Music, Romance
9.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Saint-Saëns's Samson et Dalila
Music, Drama
0.0
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fanciulla del West
Music, Drama, Action
0.0
Metropolitan Opera Live — Marnie
Music
10.0
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
Music, Drama
0.0
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
Drama, Music
0.0
Theodora
Music, Drama
0.0
La forza del destino
Drama, Music
5.0
Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening with Puccini
Music
0.0
Verdi: Aida (Bregenz Festival)
Music
0.0
Attila
Music, Drama
9.0
Bastien a Bastienna
Music
0.0
Amadeus
History, Music, Drama
8.0
Händel / Mozart: Der Messias
Music
0.0
Prodaná nevěsta
Music
0.0
Únos ze Serailu
Music
0.0
Libuše
Music, Drama, History
0.0
The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Music
9.0
The Passion of Scrooge
Music
0.0
Falstaff
Music
8.2