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Othello is a Moorish military commander who was serving as a general of the Venetian army in defence of Cyprus against invasion by Ottoman Turks. He had recently married Desdemona, a beautiful and wealthy Venetian lady younger than himself, without the knowledge of and despite the later objection of her father.
Language. Italian. Premiere. 4 December 1816. ( 1816-12-04) Teatro del Fondo, Naples. Otello is an opera in three acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Francesco Berio di Salsa [ ca] after William Shakespeare 's play Othello, or The Moor of Venice; it was premiered in Naples, Teatro del Fondo, 4 December 1816. [1]
Budget. $11 million. Box office. $2.8 million (United States) Othello is a 1995 drama film based on William Shakespeare 's tragedy of the same name. It was directed by Oliver Parker and stars Laurence Fishburne as Othello, Irène Jacob as Desdemona, and Kenneth Branagh as Iago. This is the first cinematic reproduction of the play released by a ...
Othello (/ ɒ ˈ θ ɛ l oʊ /, oh-THELL-oh) is a character in Shakespeare's Othello (c. 1601–1604). The character's origin is traced to the tale "Un Capitano Moro" in Gli Hecatommithi by Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio .
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.
Contents. Othello (Dvořák) The concert overture Othello (Czech: Othello, koncertní ouvertura ), Op. 93, B. 174, was written by Antonín Dvořák in 1892 as the third part of a trilogy of overtures called "Nature, Life and Love". The first two parts of the trilogy are In Nature's Realm, Op. 91 ("Nature") and the Carnival Overture, Op. 92 ...
Othello is a series of paintings executed in 1985 by Nabil Kanso. The subjects of the paintings are loosely based on Shakespeare ’s tragedy Othello. The series comprises 60 paintings dealing with themes of love, race, jealousy, betrayal, and evil. They depict scenes embodying compositions of figural and metaphorical imagery that may be seen ...
Othello. Written by. William Shakespeare. Date premiered. October 1, 1951 (this production) Place premiered. Theatre Royal, Newcastle. Othello was a 1951 production of William Shakespeare 's play of the same name, which was produced, directed by and starring Orson Welles in his first appearance on the London stage.