Desdemona: Julia Varady | Emilia: Gudrun Wewezow | Otello: Carlo Cossutta | Iago - Piero Cappuccilli | Cassio - Benito Maresca | Montano - Hans Wilbrink | Lodovico - Nikolaus Hillebrandt | Herald - Hermann Sapell | Conductor: Carlos Kleiber | Bayerische Staatsoper | 31 October 1977 | Broadcast