This clip is from one of the greatest performances of Otello I have ever seen. By this time Vickers had the role "in his bones" and it was Scotto's debut iin the role. When it was broadcast Vickers was interviewed and acknowledged that Scotto 's performance was a revelation for a debut role. When I first saw the DVD I was glad that my memories did not play me false: the performance was everything that I remembered and morel!
Remarkable Scotto = perfection. Total commitment to the vocal and physical acting. The beautiful changes in color in her voice changing with her emotions is pure genius!
What a performance, what a production! Scotto... even if she had done nothing else in her carreer and we had only these 10 minutes to remember her by, they would still be enough to rank her among the top sopranos of the century!
Sheer elegance , beauty , artistry . My brother gave me his ticket unbelievable performance !!! Vickers as well as Scotto and MacNeil were tremendous ❤️
mostruosa interpretazione di Vickers,vero Otello, con adeguateemezzevoci, sospeso tra certezza e sospetto, ad onta di una vocalità che non può competere con un Del Monaco, ma che gli è di spanne superiore costruendo un personaggio davvero Shakespeariano. Scotto sempre all'altezza della grande fraseggiatrice che è sempre stata, ad onta di un leggero ma avvertibile declino vocale, in definitiva un duetto meraviglioso, con voci non sontuose, ma con personaggi veri, resi da un fraseggio da manuale verdiano
Non parlare di "vocalita". La vocalita' di Vickers e' perfetta., e' il timbro che e' poco bello.Del Monaco aveva il timbro bellissimo ma la vocalita' stentorea ed esteriore. O no? Vickers e Scotto fanno in scena, oltre che cantare meravigliosamente ed interpretare profondamente i personaggi, cose che Del Monaco e la Tebaldi non facevano affatto. Inamovibili...non si dica che erano di un'altra epoca perche' hanno tutti e 4 calcato le scene negli stessi anni. Zeffirelli grandioso.
I find myself so utterly drawn in my Scotto's acting/singing (they are the same with her) that it's difficult to watch this scene. One feels actual alarm for Desdemona.
Amazing interpretation! I enjoyed this duet with tension and angst, just as it should when the music and the drama are really brought to life. Vickers and Scotto may have somewhat unconventional voices, but what great singing and dramatic expression they can deliver both with their voices and bodies!
Sublime in every way. Of course Domingo had a more beautiful voice for Otello, and Fleming for Desdemona; but Vickers and Scotto are making it seem like it's happening for the first time before your eyes.
This was one of those Live From The MET Telecasts & Scotto is simply awesome here in both her singing & characterization the latter of which may be the most varied & detailed I have ever seen for this character. Vickers understandably matches her work totally. But I will say the Afro is a bit much.
Strepitoso Otello!!! Uno dei migliori della storia dell'opera!!! mi piacerebbe vedere tutto il filmato dell'opera...esiste? Brava anche la signora Scotto,ma di fronte alla grandezza interpretativa di Vickers,passa in secondo piano!!! Grazie
Through dumb luck I got a ticket for this performance. Scotto a beautiful elegant Desdemona . Vickers was stunning in his performance . Vocally and stage presence / acting . The fact that Domingo ever sang Otello is a a joke .
I wish I could see Scotto as Desdemona in a full performance .At least I will watch her as Mimi (1977 MET),Violetta(1973,with José Carreras as Alfredo ) and Musetta(1982 MET.Mimi and Rodolfo are Teresa Stratas and José Carreras).😂
This is part of a complete and full Otello from the MET. And there's at least three-four more DVDs with her from the MET: Puccini's Il Trittico (she's great in Il Tabarro and DIVINE as Suor Angelica!), Manon Lescaut (1980), Verdi's Don Carlo (1981) and Zandonai's Francesca Da Rimini from 1984. But her greatest live DVD is L' Elisir d' Amore from 1967 in Italy.
Conte Anckarstrom/Renato: From your thumbnail your appearance is a joke. Vickers fro is fine. Just glad he doesn’t have a comb sticking out of it. Now get back to the performance.
Daniel Vasquez You’re right! I don’t know why people think it’s racist. To me, it actually illustrates why Otello is an outsider, why he’s hated by Iago and others, why he so easily falls into the trap. I just saw a performance at the Met with no makeup, and it made no sense. Why is Otello an outsider now; did he cut his pinky or something? It makes no sense.
@@wotan10950 Otello even asks is it because I'm black that I sense uneasiness for lack of a better word. ? How can the makeup not have the character be black? It's essential!! Then make Porgy a red curly haired Irishman withy ivory skin and freckles. Make bess a man instead of a "birthing person "
Si bien es cierto Vickers no tenía una hermosa voz y aquí ya no está en su mejor momento. La musicalidad, la intensidad, la búsqueda del sentido de la palabra, la dramaticidad, los matices, en conjunto todo lo hace se podría decir el mejor Otelo del siglo XX, por encima de gran Del Monaco, del mal cantante llamado Domingo y solamente Vinay podría compararse.
Dubbel Henke interesting how a scene, a singer complete different emotions create for the audience.. for you it’s not impressive ... for me it’s a the only way I wanna see this scene ..))) made me breathless and touched my soul ...
Scotto is completely defeated by Desdemona here. Dramatically and vocally. She tries to fake it but it becomes a cringe fest. Vickers convices dramatically but vocally is weak.
