Giuseppe Verdi: Otello

Contents

• 1. Synopsis;
• 2. Creating the libretto: Verdi and Boito in collaboration;
• 3. The composition of the opera;
• 4. Compositional afterthoughts and revisions: Milan, Venice and Paris;
• 5. Of singers and staging: Verdi's ideas on performance;
• 6. A brief performance history William Ashbrook;
• 7. An introduction to the musical organization: the structures of Act II;
• 8. Shakespeare reinterpreted.