Otello (opera)

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Italian opera opera

Otello (opera) is Giuseppe Verdi’s late-romantic Italian opera in four acts, based on Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello and renowned for its intense drama and innovative orchestration.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Otello 1
Otello (libretto) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
basedOn Othello NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnWorkAuthor William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedBy La Scala NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Giuseppe Verdi NERFINISHED ⓘ
composerNationality Italian ⓘ
followedBy Falstaff NERFINISHED ⓘ
form opera in four acts ⓘ
genre late Romantic opera ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
librettist Arrigo Boito NERFINISHED ⓘ
librettistNationality Italian ⓘ
literarySourceGenre tragedy ⓘ
literarySourceLanguage English ⓘ
mainCharacter Cassio NERFINISHED ⓘ
Desdemona NERFINISHED ⓘ
Emilia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iago NERFINISHED ⓘ
Otello NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor continuous musical texture ⓘ
innovative orchestration ⓘ
integration of recitative and aria ⓘ
intense drama ⓘ
numberOfActs 4 ⓘ
openingSceneFeature storm at sea ⓘ
orchestrationFeature coloristic use of woodwinds ⓘ
expanded brass section ⓘ
innovative use of strings ⓘ
originalTitle Otello NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodInComposerCareer late period ⓘ
placeInRepertoire standard operatic repertoire ⓘ
precededBy Aida NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereCity Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereCountry Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereDate 1887-02-05 ⓘ
premierePlace Teatro alla Scala, Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingLocation Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingPeriod late 15th century ⓘ
structureFeature dramatic choruses ⓘ
large-scale ensembles ⓘ
through-composed scenes ⓘ
titleInEnglish Othello NERFINISHED ⓘ
titleInItalian Otello NERFINISHED ⓘ
vocalTypeOfCassio tenor ⓘ
vocalTypeOfDesdemona soprano ⓘ
vocalTypeOfEmilia mezzo-soprano ⓘ
vocalTypeOfIago baritone ⓘ
vocalTypeOfOtello tenor ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Otello in Verdi's "Otello" → appearsIn → Otello (opera) ⓘ
subject surface form: Otello (character)
Arrigo Boito → notableWork → Otello (opera) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Otello (libretto)
Arrigo Boito → wroteLibrettoFor → Otello (opera) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Otello