English National Opera Guide : Verdi : Otello
by English National Opera, Arrigo Boito (Librettist), Nicholas John (Series Editor)
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Winton Dean relates how Otello came into being as much because of the persistence of Verdi's publisher as of the composer's lifelong passion for Shakespeare, and the collaboration of the brilliant poet Arrigo Boito. Benedict Sarnaker argues that this magnificent large-scale opera rivals Shakespeare in intensity and profundity. William Weaver's lively review of Shakespeare on the Italian stage in the last century enables us to make a wholly fresh appraisal of Verdi's stature as a dramatist. show more The libretto itself is a masterpiece, and Andrew Porter has also translated the third-act revision which Verdi came to prefer and which has not been performed outside France before the 1981 ENO production.Contents: 'Otello': The Background, Winton Dean; 'Otello': Drama and Music Benedict Sarnaker; Verdi, Shakespeare and the Italian Audience, William Weaver; Otello: Libretto by Arrigo Boito; Otello: English Translation by Andrew Porter show lessTags
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- English National Opera Guide : Verdi : Otello
- Alternate titles
- nglish National Opera Guide : Verdi : Othello
- Original publication date
- 1887-02-05 (Milano Teatro alla Scala) (Milano Teatro alla Scala)
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- Otello; Desdemona; Iago; Cassio; Emilia; Roderigo (show all 10); Montano; Lodovico; Giuseppe Verdi; Arrigo Boito
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- John, Nicholas
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- This is the English National Opera Guide: Please do not combine it with the full score or recordings.
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