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	Otello - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Othello.
		Otello says that he still has a headache, and asks her to wrap her handkerchief around his head.
		Otello, as he reads the letter from the Doge, asks, "Are you sure?" Jago explains to the puzzled Lodovico that perhaps Cassio's restoration is her wish.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Otello (1590 words)

	Otello: History
		It was decided that, "Otello proved a puzzlement, being not Italian enough for the emerging Italian audience and too Italian for the Germans; nor was it a novelty." (Mayer 1983, 69).
		Signor Tamagno's Otello was made known to this public in 1890 as a vivid and powerful interpretation which justly entitled the tenor to the name of artist.
		This is very high praise, for while Signor Tamagno's Otello has lost some of the dignity that the severe restraint of the master [Verdi] imposed upon it in earlier years, it has lost none of its tremendous power, its sweeping expression of fierce, over-mastering passion, and its superb vitality of declamation.
	opera.stanford.edu /opera/Verdi/Otello/history.html (1594 words)

	Otello (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Otello throws the handkerchief on the ground and becomes angry The music grows louder, in contrast to Desdemona's calmness as she is confused by his strong reaction.
		Otello is touched, but is too cynical to grant any truth to her words and rejects her as deceiving and her words as a good act that would fool all.
		Otello's desolation is reflected by a chromatic scale on a tonic pedal while the musical thought evolves through repetitions and developments of a forlorn triplet figure on the first violin.
	www.yellowpigs.net /index.php?topic=classes/otello (3322 words)

	Otello - Giuseppe Verdi
		Desdemona, Otello's beloved wife, is all goodness and faith; she becomes the victim of the man who loves her, but whose uncontrolled jealousies (reflecting underlying insecurities) lead to tragedy.
		Iago, Otello's trusted advisor, is all evil and meanness; he malevolently twists his patron's jealousy into a plot of revenge that fully succeeds--and results in his own downfall as well, ironically, denounced by his own wife.
		The dramatic conflict that moves the action forward is in the interaction of Otello and Iago, protagonist and antagonist, as the latter conspires against the former.
	www.culturevulture.net /Opera/Otello.htm (680 words)

	"Otello" free Giuseppe Verdi music and video downloads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At the subsequent dinner in his honour, Boito mentioned the Otello project and remarked that, although he had embarked on it reluctantly, he would now be only too glad were he able to compose it himself.
		The Moor Otello, governor of the island and a general in the Venetian army, arrives in port as a tempest rages.
		Otello asks to be alone, and the others leave, except for Iago, who hangs back to observe Otello's growing suspicion.
	opera.prohosting.com /sarir/otello.html (1633 words)

	Otello: Synopsis
		Otello asks if it was Cassio talking with his wife to which Iago responds that it could not have been.
		Otello tells her his head aches again, "Bind my forehead." She offers a handkerchief, but he rejects it demanding the one he first gave to her.
		Otello declares if her demon were to see her now, he would think her an angel.
	opera.stanford.edu /opera/Verdi/Otello/synopsis.html (3775 words)

	verdiana! otello disposizione scenica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Otello grabs Desdemona by the arms and throws her violently on to the bed, at which point he grabs her by the throat with his two hands.
		Otello continues to suffocate Desdemona during the fff of the orchestra.
		Otello, dragging himself on hands and knees, returns to the bed, and with repeated efforts manages to end up on the steps, almost on his knees near Desdemona.
	www.r-ds.com /opera/verdiana/otello-disp-scen.htm (5803 words)

	OTELLO, an opera by Giuseppe Verdi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Otello starts to believe she is true, but Iago vows to shatter Otello's world.
		Otello thinks he is going crazy with jealousy and Iago plots to hide the handkerchief in Cassio's house.
		Otello begins to relate the message to all when, under his breath, he tells Desdemona she is acting exceedingly well.
	www.scc.losrios.edu /~bodleyd/OtelloSynopsis.html (2333 words)

	Evenings of Classical Music - Bahrain: 24 May 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Desdemona followed Otello out when he came to stop the brawl but she does not speak till the others are gone and she and Otello are left alone.
		Otello expresses his feelings to himself as he sees Cassio produce Desdemona's handkerchief, which Iago had previously placed in his room.
		Otello enters, places his scimitar on the table, looks at her sleeping form, blows out the candle, advances to the bed, draws aside the curtains and gazes at her, then kisses her three times.
	www.homestead.com /eocm/May_24_2000.html (1151 words)

	Chicago 'Otello' and Mexican Earthquake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		"Otello" was appearing in the Lyric repertory for the fifth time, and this was the third occasion on which it has opened a season.
		The complexity and beauty of this characterization of Otello is, naturally, a tribute to the skills of Placido Domingo as both a singer and an actor.
		This was Domingo's first Otello in Chicago and as a conception shaped by a thorough understanding of the music and a keen dramatic intelligence, it is an admirable piece of work.
	www.tenorissimo.com /domingo/Articles/ny092685.htm (5515 words)

	AZOpera Otello Synopsis
		Otello and Desdemona, left alone, tenderly recall their courtship ("Gi nella notte densa ") and kiss three times before re-entering the castle.
		On Otello's arrival, the ensign makes innuendos about Desdemona's fidelity as they see her in the garden with Emilia (Iago's wife) and Cassio; yet he warns the Moor to beware of jealousy.
		In the armory, Iago tells Otello that more proof is forthcoming and then departs as Desdemona greets her husband ("Dio ti giocondi.") The Moor hints at his suspicions but she fails to understand.
	www.evermore.com /azo/97season/o_syn.php3 (651 words)

	Welcome to Syracuse Opera Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello is an opera that is rarely produced by any opera company, and certainly not often by regional companies the size of Syracuse Opera.
		This is because the title role is such a demanding one that requires a rare breed of tenor –; what is known as a dramatic tenor, or “heldentenor”.
		Verdi sets the scene brilliantly with some of the best storm music ever composed, the Cypriots on shore praying for the safe return of their leader, and Otello’s triumphant entrance with the thrilling “Esultate!” The seeds of Iago’s jealousy are sown during this first scene as he watches Otello promote Cassio over him.
	www.syracuseopera.com /otello.php (412 words)

	Otello - KCCU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi with a libretto in Italian by Arrigo Boito based on William Shakespeare=s play Othello.
		Otello is thus in a rotten mood when an ambassador from Venice is announced, and he decides that he will murder his wife that very night just at the moment when an off-stage chorus hails Otello as the ALion of St. Mark@ and Lodovico, the Venetian ambassador enters with all the people.
		Otello erupts when he overhears Desdemona commenting about Cassio to the ambassador, striking his wife and throwing her to the ground.
	www.kccu.org /opera/otello.html (1122 words)

	Otello debut reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Placido Domingo sang Otello for the first time, a heroic Verdi part for which his baritonal tenor is excellently suited.
		Domingo sings his first 'Otello', and he sings it in such a way that opera houses everywhere will clamour his services in this role, and he himself would not ever need to sing anything else, if he only wanted to.
		Domingo's Otello is neither hero nor madman, instead he is a strapping fellow with a vulnerable soul, a tender lover with a tendency to be mistrustful, a dark-complexioned man with an inferiority complex.
	www.tenorissimo.com /domingo/Articles/stuttgt093075.htm (402 words)

	OTELLO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Otello is the name of operas by Gioacchino Rossini and Giuseppe Verdi.
		The curtain rises upon a storm as the people of Cyprus await the of the Venetian fleet from its battle with the Turks.
		It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
	www.yotor.org /wiki/en/ot/Otello.htm (1542 words)

	Q-online - music: opera boy's column (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At the time when Rossini was writing Otello for Naples (it is an early work in his Neapolitan opera seria style) there was a good stock of tenors available.
		In this recording Bruce Ford plays Otello and while it is not as musical a performance as the other version I know which stars Jose Carreras it is a more dramatic one with a more convincing angry young fl man feel to it.
		There is a celebration for Otello's victorious return from battle and Daddy dearest decides to tell Desdemona to marry Rodrigo.
	www.q.co.za /2001/2002/03/a11-qmunity-opera.html (858 words)

	Classical Net - Verdi - Otello
		Otello has married Desdemona against her father's wishes.
		A mercenary in the service of the Venetian Army, Otello has been sent to Cyprus to repel an invasion by the Turks.
		Iago plots and manipulates events and feelings to his benefit in order to destroy Otello's marriage and eventually his life.
	www.classical.net /music/comp.lst/works/verdi/otello (167 words)

	The Metropolitan Opera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the armory, Iago tells Otello that more proof is forthcoming of his betrayal by his wife and Cassio.
		As soon as she has dozed off, Otello enters through a secret door and kisses his wife.
		Emilia knocks with news that Cassio has killed Roderigo; entering, she is horrified to find the dying Desdemona and summons Cassio, Lodovico and Iago, who escapes when his wife reveals his treachery.
	www.metoperafamily.org /metopera/discover/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=18 (651 words)

	Magill's Survey of Cinema: OTELLO@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Abstract: OTELLO Is Franco Zeffirelli's cinematic adaptation of Giuseppe Verdi' s opera, based on the tragedy OTHELLO by William Shakespeare.
		Iago (Justino Diaz), jealous because Otello chooses Cassio (Urbano Barberini) as his lieutenant, persuades Otello that his wife is being unfaithful with Cassio.
		Otello kills Desdemona, then himself when he realizes that he has been tricked.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:42600913&refid=ip_almanac_hf (190 words)

	Opera japonica/Reviews/DVD/Otello, 1958
		He remains a towering figure even as he loses his strength to the deception; his fall is the collapse of a great edifice, not the crumbling of a fragile barrier.
		Even in the Act 1 duet, there is the impression that this Otello requires far more effort to restrain his might than to conquer his enemies or to celebrate his triumph.
		His is an anguished Otello, not a contemplative one; a barbarian restrained, not a gentleman provoked.
	www.operajaponica.org /reviews/dvd/otello58dvd.htm (467 words)

	Amazon.com: Verdi - Otello / Plácido Domingo, Scotto, Milnes, Levine: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Domingo made his sensational Otello debut in La Scala in 1976 with Carlos Kleiber conducting and it was only a matter of time before he recorded the role for RCA.
		Unfortunately his first recorded Otello seems just a little bit tentative, not nearly as committed as his La Scala performances or his two other commercial recordings, especially the Chung in DG which is a great performance of towering stature.
		Otello is arguably the greatest of all operas, but its three lead roles are extremely difficult and the role of the conductor is not easy either.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000009NJ1?v=glance (2159 words)

	Tenor Ben Heppner triumphs as Met revives Verdi's ``Otello'' to open season (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Her outbursts when Otello assaulted her in Act III were cries from the heart, and her "Willow" Song and "Ave Maria" as she prepared for bed in the final scene were tender and moving.
		Even better was "Era la notte," the sinuous solo in which he confirms Otello's worst fears by describing Desdemona's supposed lover talking about her in his sleep.
		Tenor Garrett Sorenson was a fresh-voiced Cassio, the supposed partner in Desdemona's unfaithfulness; bass Vitalij Kowaljow brought velvet tones to the role of Lodovico, the ambassador from Venice who arrives too late to stop Otello; and mezzo Jane Bunnell made the most of her few crucial utterances as Emilia, Iago's wife and Desdemona's hapless attendant.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/09/21/entertainment1523EDT0660.DTL (605 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Verdi: Otello: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Otello: 'Cio m'accora...' - 'Che parli?' (Jago, Otello)
		Otello: 'Quell' innocente un fremito' (Emila, Cassio, Roderigo, Lodovico, Coro, Desdemona, Jago, Otello)
		Domingo sings well on his two other recordings of Otello, but his fellow singers are not at their best in those.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000001GLM (826 words)

	Petanque.org: OTELLO PASSED AWAY
		The real name of Otello was Robert Trovatelli, but he became famous by his nickname Otello, from Shakespeare indeed.
		Otello also was one of the 'Poulidors' of petanque: three times successively, in 1973, 1974 and 1975, he lost in the semi-finals of the French championship for triples.
		In 1964, Otello received from the French federation FFPJP the Medaille de la Courtoisie Française, the medal of the French courtesy, because of his qualities as a player, but especially because of his courtesy while playing.
	www.petanque.org /news/admin/350.shtml (574 words)

	Company on rise over fall of 'Otello' - The Washington Times: Entertainment - June 23, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Banno's transformation of Act III — in which Otello verbally eviscerates Desdemona in front of their elite and cultured guests — into a full-dress diplomatic dinner party.
		Washingtonians familiar with such elegant soirees will feel the sting of her humiliation with far greater immediacy than if the scene had been staged in Renaissance Venice as it was conceived originally — although it's hard to imagine such an event occurring in the current environment of Baghdad's Green Zone.
		Tenor Michael Hayes and soprano Fabiana Bravo are electric as Otello and Desdemona.
	www.washingtontimes.com /entertainment/20040622-100330-5158r.htm (461 words)

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