A powerful production of Shakespeare’s dark tragedy, with Ben Kingsley as Othello and David Suchet as Iago. Niamh Cusack played the betrayed Desdemona, who pours out her despair in a song containing some of Shakespeare’s most poignant lyrics.
Description: soprano voice, harp, guitar, strings
Duration (mins): 4
Genre: Orchestral - String Orchestra, Solo Voice - Soprano, Solo Instrumental - Strings - Harp, Solo Instrumental - Guitar/Bass - Guitar
Text: William Shakespeare
Instrumentation: harp - gtr - strings
Languages: English
First Performance: January 1986, Barbican Theatre, London, UK: Royal Shakespeare Company/Dir.Terry Hands