Othello (opera by Verdi)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Othello_(opera_by_Verdi)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Othello_(play_by_William_Shakespeare)
gptkbp:catalogueNumber Verdi's penultimate opera
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Giuseppe_Verdi
gptkbp:firstPerformanceDesdemona gptkb:Romilda_Pantaleoni
gptkbp:firstPerformanceIago gptkb:Victor_Maurel
gptkbp:firstPerformanceOtello gptkb:Francesco_Tamagno
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Franco_Faccio
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Falstaff_(opera_by_Verdi)
gptkbp:genre tragic opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Othello (opera by Verdi)
gptkbp:language gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Arrigo_Boito
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Iago
gptkb:Desdemona
gptkb:Cassio
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Già_nella_notte_densa
gptkb:Ave_Maria
Dio! mi potevi scagliar
Era la notte
gptkbp:notableFeature innovative orchestration
continuous music
no overture
gptkbp:notablePerformer gptkb:Jon_Vickers
gptkb:Mario_Del_Monaco
gptkb:Mirella_Freni
gptkb:Ramón_Vinay
gptkb:Renata_Tebaldi
gptkb:Plácido_Domingo
gptkb:Sherrill_Milnes
gptkb:Kiri_Te_Kanawa
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Royal_Opera_House,_Covent_Garden
gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera,_New_York
gptkbp:notableRecording Sir Georg Solti (1991, with Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa, Leo Nucci)
Carlos Kleiber (1976, with Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Sherrill Milnes)
Herbert von Karajan (1973, with Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Peter Glossop)
gptkbp:numberOfActs 4
gptkbp:period late 15th century
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Aida_(opera_by_Verdi)
gptkbp:premiereDate 1887-02-05
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Teatro_alla_Scala,_Milan
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Casa_Ricordi
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Cyprus
gptkbp:structure four acts
gptkbp:theme betrayal
love
tragedy
jealousy
gptkbp:title gptkb:Otello
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Othello
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5