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 ...

WNO’s Otello: Zach Borichevsky (Cassio), George Gagnidze (Iago), Wei Wu (Lodovico), Russell Thomas (Otello), Leah Crocetto (Desdemona) — Photo: Scott Suchman Deliciously bleak, Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello ...

The Sunday evening premiere of Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello at the Israeli Opera Tel Aviv concluded with standing ovations. The ...

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Opera companies worldwide revere Giuseppe Verdi's adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Othello." Yet they rarely perform it. The story of a war hero tricked into thinking his wife is unfaithful, ...

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Terrance McKnight: This is Every Voice with Terrance McKnight. It’s a new podcast from WQXR that interrogates the culture of our classical music scene and we look at ways to make it beautiful for all ...

A new exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum reveals the crucial role Ricordi played in creating these late masterpieces. By Zachary Woolfe The pair of operatic masterpieces that capped Verdi’s ...

Terrance McKnight: This is Every Voice with Terrance McKnight on WQXR. It’s a radio special that looks at the representation of blackness in Verdi’s opera Otello. Growing up I played two instruments.

OPERA lovers have waited with eager anticipation for the role debut of the highly acclaimed Jonas Kaufmann in Otello, judged to be Verdi’s most demanding tenor part. It requires a rich baritonal ...

The Lyric Opera has a gorgeous auditorium—but I also had a really, really good seat. Ninth row, orchestra seating. You could hear and see everything, and there was a lot to see. The Lyric does this ...