Othello
Opera in four acts
Libretto
Arrigo Boito
after the tragedy "Othello" by William Shakespeare
Premiere
5 February 1887, Milan (La Scala)
Cast
OTELLO (tenor)
IAGO (baritone)
CASSIO (tenor)
RODERIGO (tenor)
LODOVICO (bass)
MONTANO (bass)
HERALD (bass)
DESDEMONA (soprano)
EMILIA (mezzo-soprano)
CHORUS
Soldiers and sailors of the Venetian republic, Venetian ladies and gentlemen,Cypriot people, Greek men-at-arms, Dalmatians, Albanians, children of the island trebles, ship's crew
Place
Coastal city on the island of Cyprus
Time
End of the 15th century