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(Vocal Score). Italian/English. Translated by Ducloux.

The English National Opera Guides were originally conceived in partnership with the English National Opera and edited by Nicholas John, the ENO's dramaturg, who died tragically in an accident in the Alps. Most of the guides are devoted to a single opera, which is described in... Read Full Overview

"Perhaps the most remarkable feature of 'Otello' is not its great set pieces, wonderful as these are, but the fluid melodic and dramatic recitative that links them and binds the whole together. Many composers have dreamed of such a thing -- a flexible vocal line, responsive... Read Full Overview

(Vocal Score). Italian/English Cloth Score. Translated by Heuffer.

Otello, Verdi's penultimate opera, was composed more than a dozen years after Aida, which he had intended to be his last work for the stage. He was persuaded by his publisher Giulio Ricordi to work with the librettist Arrigo Boito on an adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello; the... Read Full Overview

These Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. Winton Dean relates how Otello came into being as much because of the persistence of Verdi s publisher... Read Full Overview

Libretto integrale dell'Otello, scritto da Boito per Giuseppe Verdi. E' la rappresentazione in opera del dramma shakespeariano. Edizione curata sia per una lettura digitale che per la stampa on demand, si arricchisce di un'appendice illustrata che approfondisce il contesto di... Read Full Overview

(Study Score). This opera full score edition includes a colorful cover and an introductory synopsis in English of the libretto.