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This is an opera adaptation of othello.
Guiseppe Verdi's "OTELLO"
Wichita Grand Opera
January 19, 2013

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Verdi / Thomas Hampson & Paoletta Marrocu

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Guiseppe Verdi's "OTELLO" Wichita Grand Opera January 19, 2013 Executive Producer: Parvan Bakardiev Production Concept: Margaret Ann Pent Conductor: Martin Mazik Director: Shayna Leahy OTELLO - Martin Iliev IAGO - Michael Nansel DESDEMONA - Zvetelina Vassileva CASSIO - Dustin Peterson EMILIA - Sarah Kraus RODERIGO - Michael Morrow LODOVICO - Vincent Connor MONTANO - Charles Turley A HERALD - Terry McManis Scenic Artist - Stefan Pavlov Lighting Design - David Neville

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ANA CASTRO                                  ELENA COSTA                                   IVÁN CAÑETE                                    PABLO GOSÁLVEZ                  NICOLÁS GOSÁLVEZ 

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ANA CASTRO                                  ELENA COSTA                                   IVÁN CAÑETE                                    PABLO GOSÁLVEZ                  NICOLÁS GOSÁLVEZ 

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This is a modern adaptation of othello.

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This is an adaptation of othello.

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William Shakespeare - Othello - U.K modern day adaptation

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About 1603.
The first representation was in 1604.

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Apparence vs reality
Race
Pride
Magic
Order vs chaos
Self knowledge
Good vs evil

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Othello takes place in Venice the famous Italian city, and Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean sea colonized by the Venetians at the time. The play is set during the early modern period, roughly Shakespeare's time in history.

He comes most likely from northern Africa, since he is referred to as a moor, an ethnic and cultural term that the English used to describe a variety of predominantly Muslim peoples from the southern Mediterranean region, especially southern Spain and northern Africa.

Since only white males performed on Shakespeare's stage, Othello would have been portrayed by a white man in blackface.

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At the start of the play Othello, a general in the army, promotes Cassio to lieutenant. Iago, his ensign, is angry and jealous, so he plots against Cassio by making him look bad and making Othello uncertain about keeping him as his lieutenant. Some of the things he does are to get him drunk and have a fight with someone else from the army. He also tells Othello that his wife, Desdemona, is cheating on him with Cassio. Cassio is demoted and Iago is promoted to lieutenant. Othello kills Desdemona and is then told by Iago's wife, Emilia, that Iago plotted against him. He goes after Iago, and injures him but does not kill him. He then kills himself next to his wife after telling Emilia to say sorry to Cassio for what he has done.

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Othello – General in the Venetian military

Desdemona – Othello's wife; daughter of Brabantio

Iago – Othello's trusted, but jealous and traitorous ensign

Michael Cassio – Othello's loyal and most beloved

Bianca – Cassio's lover

Brabantio – Venetian senator and Desdemona's father

Roderigo – dissolute Venetian, in love with Desdemona