“Have you pray’d to-night, Desdemona?”: Famous last words indeed, spoken by Otello minutes before he kills his beloved, faithful wife, and falls victim to evil-hearted Jago’s plot. Giuseppe Verdi brought Shakespeare’s great drama to the opera houses – and made it one of the most successful operas ever!
Mario del Monaco (Otello),Renata Tebaldi (Desdemona), Aldo Protti (Jago), the Vienna Philharmonic led by Herbert von Karajan – this recording is second to none!
Complete recording (1961), 137 min