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Fatally Compromised
Rossini's 'Otello',
reviewed by MIKE WHEELER
Verdi may have created one of the really great Shakespeare operas in Otello, but Rossini got there first. Well, he did, and he didn't. Only the broad outline of the play is perceptible in the first two acts, though Act 3 gets closer to Shakespeare's plot...
Copyright © 22 July 2014
Mike Wheeler,
Derby UK
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