Verdi: Otello The Metropolitan Opera HD Live : Season 7 Episode 2
Not Rated PBS 2h 08m int(0)
Aired: October 27th, 2012 @ 7:00 PM EST on PBS
The villain Iago plots to ruin the Moorish general Otello. Verdi had to be coaxed out of retirement by his publisher for a new opera; Verdi agreed after meeting librettist Boito, and the two of them settled on Shakespeare for their subject.