Otello
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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, first performed at the Teatro alla Scal
Otello and Desdemona by Alexandre-Marie Colin, 1829
Verdi, c. 1870
Boito and Verdi at Sant'Agata
Francesco Tamagno as Otello in a costume designed by Alfred Edel for the original production
Giuseppe Verdi
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Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the modern province of Parma, to a family of moderate means, receiving a
Otello
…Otello (Italian pronunciation: ) 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 at the Teatro alla Scala…
Verdi, c. 1872
Verdi's childhood home at Le Roncole
Antonio Barezzi, Verdi's patron and later father-in-law
Margherita Barezzi, Verdi's first wife