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Otello

American  
[aw-tel-law] / ɔˈtɛl lɔ /

noun

  1. an opera (1887) with music by Giuseppe Verdi and a libretto by Arrigo Boito based on Shakespeare's Othello.


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Opera’s artist in residence, ultimately requires a production and a theater with more intimacy to meaningfully bring out the interior core he is reaching for in his Otello.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2023

The company, called Music Center Opera at the time, opened with the Verdi opera in 1996 starring Plácido Domingo, the leading Otello of the day.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2023

Now Thomas, the company’s current artist-in-residence, is getting ready to take his place singing the demanding role that launched the company: Otello.

From New York Times May 12, 2023

KAUFMANN: Well, since opera singing is a high-performance sport, one may say that Tristan is a marathon whereas Otello is a row of sprints.

From Seattle Times Jun. 23, 2021

This task being ended, the marvellous man set to work on "Otello" and "Il Barbiere," which with the first named had always been the most important in his repertoire.

From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling

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