Otello (Italian pronunciation: [oˈtɛllo]) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare 's play Othello. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, first performed …

Often cited as Italian opera’s greatest tragedy, Otello is a miraculous union of music and drama—a masterpiece as profound philosophically as it is thrilling theatrically.

Otello, opera in four acts by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito) that premiered at La Scala opera house in Milan on February 5, 1887.

Just over 200 years after Shakespeare penned the enduring tale of an African general who succumbs to the consequences of love, jealousy, patriarchy, prejudice, and deception, Gioachino Rossini wrote …

Otello, the operatic version of Shakespeare’s tragic hero Othello, is a character with a Moorish background whose skin tone is written as being noticeably darker than that of the Venetians’ and …

This is an all-Italian production with the exception of Argentinian Carlos Maria Guichandut who, in good Otello tradition, had two years earlier retrained from baritone to tenor; he had previously sung Iago to …

Based on the famous play by Shakespeare, Verdi’s Otello follows the story of the happy couple, Otello, the governor of Cyprus and Venetian general, and Desdemona as they are dragged through an evil …

Apr 7, 2024 · Otello is furious and announces that he has been called back to Venice and that Cassio is to succeed him as governor of Cyprus. In his rage, he behaves like anything but a Venetian Lion.

Otello plot summary, character breakdowns, context and analysis, and performance video clips.

Verdi's masterpiece Otello not only was based on Shakespeare but benefited from a collaboration with Boito, who prepared a masterful libretto.