Otello (Verdi)

Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi . The libretto is by Arrigo Boito, based on the play Othello by William Shakespeare . The first performance was at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 1887 .

Content

 * 1 Cast
 * 2 Synopsis
 * 3 Selected Images
 * 4 Adaptations

Cast

 * Otello, a Moor, General Venice, Duke of Cyprus - tenor (spinto)
 * Desdemona, Otello woman - soprano
 * Iago, ensign of Otello - baritone
 * Cassio, captain of Otello - tenor
 * Roderigo, Venetian nobleman - tenor
 * Lodovico, Ambassador of the Venetian Republic - bass
 * Montano, former Duke of Cyprus - bass
 * A herald - bass
 * Emilia, wife of Iago, Desdemona chambermaid - soprano
 * Venetian soldiers and sailors and Cypriot villagers - choir

Synopsis [ edit ]
The jealous General Otello is married to the beautiful Desdemona. The schemer Iago hates Otello, and concocts a plan to teach him to ruin. He tells Otello that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio. Meanwhile, he controls all the "evidence". Convinced of the adultery of his wife, he strangles her. If the list of Jago finally unmasked, Otello put his hand to himself.

Selected images [ edit ]
Note: "Cat" stands for catalog number of the company; "ASIN" is the reference product on amazon.com.

Adaptations [ edit ]

 * The opera was in 1986 film by Franco Zeffirelli .
 * Vishal Bharadwaj has Otello filmed as Bollywood film Omkara .