[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":50},["ShallowReactive",2],{"opera-en-verdi-otello":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"anno":6,"aria":7,"atti":10,"bio":20,"body":21,"compositore":28,"description":25,"extension":29,"finale":30,"meta":31,"navigation":32,"opere":20,"order":20,"path":33,"personaggi":34,"seo":46,"slug":20,"stem":47,"tagline":48,"years":20,"__hash__":49},"en/en/verdi/otello.md","Otello","Milan, 1887",{"nome":8,"descrizione":9},"Desdemona's Ave Maria","Before she dies, Desdemona prays. It is a moment of absolute stillness that makes the finale even more unbearable.",[11,14,17],{"titolo":12,"testo":13},"Act I — The Arrival and the Happiness","Cyprus, during a storm. Otello arrives victorious. His duet with Desdemona is among the most beautiful things ever written: two people deeply in love, recounting how they fell for each other. Meanwhile, Iago begins to weave his web.",{"titolo":15,"testo":16},"Acts II and III — The Poison of Jealousy","Iago plants in Otello's mind the suspicion that Desdemona is betraying him with Cassio. He gives him no proof — only doubts, whispers, insinuations. Then he fabricates 'evidence': a handkerchief that ends up in Cassio's hands. For Otello, it is certainty. Jealousy transforms him: the noble man we knew disappears. He becomes cruel, humiliates Desdemona in public.",{"titolo":18,"testo":19},"Act IV — The Bedroom","Desdemona prepares for the night. She sings the 'Willow Song', a melancholy melody she had learned as a child. She prays. Otello enters. He asks her to confess the betrayal. She denies it, begs him. He strangles her. Then Iago is unmasked. Otello understands everything. He looks at Desdemona's body, kisses her one last time, and stabs himself.",null,{"type":22,"value":23,"toc":24},"minimark",[],{"title":25,"searchDepth":26,"depth":26,"links":27},"",2,[],"Verdi","md","Otello's last words: 'I loved, before I killed.' Verdi wrote one of the most beautiful deaths in history: Otello kisses Desdemona three times — 'A kiss... another kiss... one more kiss.' And dies.",{},true,"/en/verdi/otello",[35,38,42],{"nome":5,"voce":36,"descrizione":37},"Dramatic tenor","Moorish general in the service of Venice. War hero, devoted husband. His greatness is his undoing: he is too noble to suspect others' evil.",{"nome":39,"voce":40,"descrizione":41},"Desdemona","Soprano","Otello's wife, completely innocent. She dies without understanding why. Her character is pure goodness — and that makes it all the more devastating.",{"nome":43,"voce":44,"descrizione":45},"Iago","Baritone","Otello's ensign, bitterly convinced he deserves more. He lies with absolute mastery. His 'Credo' is the manifesto of cynical evil.",{"title":5,"description":25},"en/verdi/otello","Jealousy as poison — Iago, the most perfidious villain in musical history","r9Fh0sVD9p5Hlv5MBto1wb5EDDLa6NPaNiFwGRl-dKw",1774014353274]