Otello

:For the Rossini opera, see Otello (Rossini).

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Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Othello. First performance: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, February 5, 1887.

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• Otello, a moor, general of Venice, and Duke of Cyprus. (Tenor)
• Iago, Otello's ensign. (Baritone)
• Cassio, Otello's captain. (Tenor)
• Roderigo, a gentleman of Venice. (Tenor)
• Lodovico, ambassador of the Venetian republic. (Bass)
• Montano, former Duke of Cyprus. (Bass)
• A herald. (Bass)
• Desdemona, wife of Otello. (Soprano)
• Emilia, wife of Iago and chambermaid of Desdemona. (Soprano or Mezzo-soprano)

Chorus of Venetian soldiers and sailors; and Cypriot townsfolk and children.

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