Once you get over the shock that Shakespeare’s immortal masterpiece has been turned into a stereotypical Italian opera of the early 19th century, where minor character Rodrigo, now in love with ...

Verdi's opera "Otello" is based on Shakespeare’s play about a North African general who becomes a war hero and tries to fit into high — white — society in Venice. It is renowned for its challenging ...

The one rocky moment in Opera North’s new production of Otello comes in the opening minutes; Verdi’s storm-tossed prelude blasts out gloriously, the huge ensemble cast enter and stare boldly out into ...

Otello is the penultimate creation of its composer, who needed prodding to begin the project. The great Giuseppe Verdi (October 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) had gone into retirement after the success ...

The Metropolitan Opera is poised to make a big change to its production of Verdi's Otello when the fall season opens next month. It says it will be dropping the blackface-style makeup worn by the ...

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In his role debut, Jonas Kaufmann’s arrestingly-sung Otello is a charismatic and troubled outsider in a production that can feel heavy-handed Directed by Keith Warner, the Royal Opera’s new production ...