1) Among loves, count opera 2) Ave Maria opera 3) Bard-based Verdi opera 4) Classic opera set in Cyprus 5) Era la notte opera 6) La scala debut of 1887 7) La Scala premiere of 1887 8) Met presentation 9) Moor of opera 10) Opera based on Shakespeare 11) Opera by Gioachino Rossini 12) Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
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Otello 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, and was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 5 February 1887. With the composer`s reluctance to write anything new after the success of Aida in 1871 and his retreat into ......
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[Rossini] However, the opera deviates heavily from Shakespeare`s original, not only in that it takes place in Venice and not on Cyprus, but also in that the whole dramatic conflict develops in a different manner. The role of Iago is reduced to some degree, and it is much less diabolical than in the original or in Verdi`s Otello of 1887. In ...
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[Toscanini recording] The 1947 recording of Verdi`s Otello by Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra and chorus, is regarded as one of the most notable early Verdi opera recordings. The role of Otello was sung by Ramón Vinay, Desdemona by Herva Nelli, and Iago by Giuseppe Valdengo. The recording was made from NBC broadcast perform...
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(from the article `Rossini, Gioachino`) ...As with The Barber, this work uses a contralto for the heroine`s role (though both roles are often sung by sopranos); it proved no less ... Rossini`s Otello (1816), the first opera seria with a tragic ending, poises three tenors—Iago (the villain), Rodrigo (the rejected lover), and Otello ...
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(from the article `Verdi, Giuseppe`) ...opera finally opened at La Scala in 1887. In his 74th year, Verdi, stimulated by a libretto far superior to anything he had previously set, had ... In 1869 the public and the writers on opera assumed that Verdi would continue to produce a new opera every few years. But 16 elapsed before the ... ...
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an opera (1887) with music by Giuseppe Verdi and a libretto by Arrigo Boito based on Shakespeare's Othello.
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