Otello (opera)

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Otello (opera) is Giuseppe Verdi’s late-romantic Italian opera in four acts, based on Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello and renowned for its intense drama and innovative orchestration.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Otello 8
Othello 4
Otello (libretto) 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
basedOn Othello ⓘ
linked to: Otello (opera)
basedOnWorkAuthor William Shakespeare ⓘ
commissionedBy La Scala ⓘ
composer Giuseppe Verdi ⓘ
composerNationality Italian ⓘ
followedBy Falstaff ⓘ
linked to: Sir John Falstaff
form opera in four acts ⓘ
genre late Romantic opera ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
librettist Arrigo Boito ⓘ
librettistNationality Italian ⓘ
literarySourceGenre tragedy ⓘ
literarySourceLanguage English ⓘ
mainCharacter Cassio ⓘ
linked to: Cassio (character)

Desdemona ⓘ
Emilia ⓘ
Iago ⓘ
Otello ⓘ
linked to: Otello (opera)
notableFor continuous musical texture ⓘ
innovative orchestration ⓘ
integration of recitative and aria ⓘ
intense drama ⓘ
numberOfActs 4 ⓘ
openingSceneFeature storm at sea ⓘ
orchestrationFeature coloristic use of woodwinds ⓘ
expanded brass section ⓘ
innovative use of strings ⓘ
originalTitle Otello ⓘ
linked to: Otello (opera)
periodInComposerCareer late period ⓘ
placeInRepertoire standard operatic repertoire ⓘ
precededBy Aida ⓘ
linked to: Aida (opera)
premiereCity Milan ⓘ
premiereCountry Italy ⓘ
premiereDate 1887-02-05 ⓘ
premierePlace Teatro alla Scala, Milan ⓘ
linked to: La Scala
settingLocation Cyprus ⓘ
settingPeriod late 15th century ⓘ
structureFeature dramatic choruses ⓘ
large-scale ensembles ⓘ
through-composed scenes ⓘ
titleInEnglish Othello ⓘ
linked to: Othello (play)
titleInItalian Otello ⓘ
linked to: Otello (opera)
vocalTypeOfCassio tenor ⓘ
vocalTypeOfDesdemona soprano ⓘ
vocalTypeOfEmilia mezzo-soprano ⓘ
vocalTypeOfIago baritone ⓘ
vocalTypeOfOtello tenor ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Otello (character) → appearsIn → Otello (opera) ⓘ
subject linked to: Otello in Verdi's "Otello"
Arrigo Boito → notableWork → Otello (libretto) ⓘ
linked to: Otello (opera)
Arrigo Boito → wroteLibrettoFor → Otello ⓘ
linked to: Otello (opera)
Otello Martelli → givenName → Otello ⓘ
linked to: Otello (opera)
Il barbiere di Siviglia → followedBy → Otello (Rossini) ⓘ
linked to: Otello (opera)
Otello → basedOn → Othello ⓘ
subject linked to: Otello (opera)
linked to: Otello (opera)
Otello → originalTitle → Otello ⓘ
subject linked to: Otello (opera)
linked to: Otello (opera)
Otello → titleInItalian → Otello ⓘ
subject linked to: Otello (opera)
linked to: Otello (opera)
Otello → mainCharacter → Otello ⓘ
subject linked to: Otello (opera)
linked to: Otello (opera)
Esultate! → partOfWork → Otello ⓘ
linked to: Otello (opera)
Esultate! → sungByCharacter → Otello ⓘ
linked to: Otello (opera)
Esultate! → basedOnWork → Othello ⓘ
linked to: Otello (opera)
Esultate! → operaTitle → Otello ⓘ
linked to: Otello (opera)
Giovanni Battista Giraldi → inspiredWork → Othello ⓘ
linked to: Otello (opera)
Otello (1986 film) → adaptationOf → Otello (opera) ⓘ
Omkara → basedOn → Othello ⓘ
linked to: Otello (opera)
Arrigo Boito → notableWork → Otello (libretto) ⓘ
subject linked to: Boito
linked to: Otello (opera)
Boito → hasNotableWorkAssociated → Otello (libretto) ⓘ
linked to: Otello (opera)