Once you get over the shock that Shakespeare’s immortal masterpiece has been turned into a stereotypical Italian opera of the early 19th century, where minor character Rodrigo, now in love with ...

Calgary Opera will present its 2026/27 season, showcasing a blend of classic operas and contemporary pieces. The season aims ...

WNO’s Otello: Zach Borichevsky (Cassio), George Gagnidze (Iago), Wei Wu (Lodovico), Russell Thomas (Otello), Leah Crocetto (Desdemona) — Photo: Scott Suchman Deliciously bleak, Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The closing of the Monte-Carlo Opera season of 2018-2019 could not have ended ...

Opera companies worldwide revere Giuseppe Verdi's adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Othello." Yet they rarely perform it. The story of a war hero tricked into thinking his wife is unfaithful, ...

Peter Tregear is covering the role of Elmiro for Melbourne Opera. If you attend Rossini’s opera Otello (1813) expecting something close to the structure and poetry of Shakepeare’s original – as Lord ...

Los Angeles Opera began last week with the Pulitzer Prize announcement that “Omar,” the acclaimed new opera by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, was being honored as the year's best musical ...

Terrance McKnight: This is Every Voice with Terrance McKnight on WQXR. It’s a radio special that looks at the representation of blackness in Verdi’s opera Otello. Growing up I played two instruments.

In 2015, the Metropolitan Opera decided to end its practice of using dark makeup for the tenor singing the title role of Verdi’s “Otello.” While that decision prompted considerable discussion about ...

OPERA lovers have waited with eager anticipation for the role debut of the highly acclaimed Jonas Kaufmann in Otello, judged to be Verdi’s most demanding tenor part. It requires a rich baritonal ...