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Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed amongst wives and maids art thou, and blessed is the fruit, o blessed one, of thy maternal womb, Jesu. Pray for those who kneeling adore thee, (ad Emilia) Affrettati; fra poco giunge Otello.
Otello, moro, generale dell'Armata Veneta (tenor) Jago, alfiere (baritone) Cassio, capo di Squadra (tenor) Roderigo, gentiluomo Veneziano (tenor) Lodovico, Ambasciatore della Repubblica Veneta (bass) Montano, predecessore di Otello nel governo dell'Isola di Cipro (bass) Un Araldo (bass) Desdemona, moglie di Otello (soprano)
Read the libretto, translated to english, of the Italian opera Otello by Giaochino Rossini on Opera-Arias.com. With links to other information and other operas.
Otello was a huge popular success as well – crowds chanting "Viva Verdi!" triumphantly bore the composer back to his hotel and clamored outside his window until dawn. Otello comprises four acts, each about a half-hour long. Here is an outline of the barest rudiments of the plot (and musical highlights):
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, and was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on February 5, 1887.
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, Milan, on 5 February 1887.
Atto primo Otello JAGO (a Roderigo) Egli è briaco fradicio. Ti scuoti. Lo trascina a contesa; è pronto all'ira, t'offenderà... ne seguirà tumulto! Pensa che puoi così del lieto Otello turbar la prima vigilia d'amor! RODERIGO (risoluto) Ed è ciò che mi spinge. MONTANO (entrando e rivolgendosi a Cassio) Capitano,
