Verdi's Otello boils down Shakespeare's play to its essentials and what it lacks in poetry it more than makes up for in music says Sameer Rahim. Aleksandrs Antonenko as Otello and Anja Harteros as ...

William Shakespeare was a man of the theater - but he never saw an opera in his life. The art form was just in its infancy, in Italy, when the Bard of Avon was penning his works in England. But if ...

Terrance McKnight: Professor Uzee Brown, Jr. Uzee Brown: Jealousy is something. That plagues this man, and ir increases because the character like, Iago, this dark figure. Thomas Hampson: My name is ...

Terrance McKnight: Otello by Giuseppe Verdi is based on Othello, a 1604 play by William Shakespeare. And in both the play and the opera. Otello or Othello is the celebrated general who elopes with the ...

Sign up to receive our email newsletter in your inbox. Most people are accustomed to seeing Shakespeare’s plays materialize again and again, whether in a ...

"Instead of 'Otello' being an Italian opera written in the style of Shakespeare, 'Othello' is a play written by Shakespeare in the style of Italian opera." – George Bernard Shaw Close to 300 operas ...

One of William Shakespeare's four great tragedies, "Othello" is a probing literary exploration into the destructive powers of jealousy and distrust. Venetian military General Otello is valiant yet ...

If theater-goers are left to wonder whether Iago hates Otello because he is a racist or because he was skipped for promotion, opera patrons are rewarded with his aria. Otello, the Italian operatic ...

Pacific Opera Victoria is not fooling around with its fine new production of Otello (the ‘h’ disappears in the opera version). Strong leads, confident direction and bold design have resulted in an ...

The libretto by Arrigo Boito concentrates on the essential features of the play, particularly the mendacious character of Iago whom he makes even more evil than the original version. With Verdi's ...