Otello (1986 film) in "Opera News", the film's star, Plácido Domingo, expressed similar displeasure in the movie's musical cuts. He also complained that the synchronization of the soundtrack with the film was improperly done, rendering the music half a step lower than it was recorded. In regard to his interpretation of Otello, he felt that some camera cutaways undermined what he was trying to express in his characterization. Overall, he deemed it a "good film" that "could have been better". Otello (1986 film) Otello is a 1986 film based on the Giuseppe Verdi opera of the same name, which was itself based on
Gustavo III (Verdi) words" The opera would no longer be his. When the manuscript of "Una Vendetta" was returned to him, Verdi found that it been renamed "Adelia degli Adimari" and now set in 14th Century Florence. Even worse, he noted that of "Una Vendetta"s 884 lines, 297 had been changed in "Adelia". Although Torelli attempted to get the composer to compromise and meet with the censor on 20 February, Verdi dug in his heels and, in his reply to Torelli, refused to accept any changes: "...I cannot commit the monstrosities that were inflicted here (Naples) on "Rigoletto" ", referring to how that