Verdi's opera "Otello" is based on Shakespeare’s play about a North African general who becomes a war hero and tries to fit into high — white — society in Venice. It is renowned for its challenging ...

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 ...

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, ...

The Sunday evening premiere of Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello at the Israeli Opera Tel Aviv concluded with standing ovations. The audience responded enthusiastically to tenor Kristian Benedikt’s heroic, and ...

The brave, noble general Otello is married to the beautiful, spirited Desdemona, but there is someone who would come between them. Enter Iago, the moor’s ensign. Bitter towards his master and jealous ...

Pacific Opera Victoria is not fooling around with its fine new production of Otello (the ‘h’ disappears in the opera version). Strong leads, confident direction and bold design have resulted in an ...