Opera in four acts.
Libretto by Arrigo Boito based on the tragedy "Othello" by William Shakespeare.

First performance: Milan, La Scala, 5th February 1887

Conductor: Dan Ettinger
Stage direction: Christine Mielitz
Staging and costumes: Christina Floeren

Main characters and roles:

• Otello, Venetian General (tenor): José Cura
• Desdemona, wife of Otello (soprano): Anja Harteros
• Iago (baritone): Dmitri Hvorostovsky
• Emilia (mezzo-soprano)
• Cassio, Venetian officer (tenor)
• Roderigo (tenor)
• Ludovico, a Venetian embassador (bass)
• Montano, ex-governor of Cyprus (bass)