Verdi’s 1887 tragic tale of passion, jealousy and murder – Fully Staged Opera co-production with the CONNECTICUT LYRIC OPERA — New Britain, New London, Waterbury, Middletown

Trinity-On-Main – New Britain Fri 5/4/2012 8 PM
Garde – New London Sun 5/6/2012 4 PM
MHS Arts Center – Middletown 5/11/2012 time TBA
Waterbury Palace – Sat 5/19/2012 time TBA

Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare’s play Othello.

What happens when a man listens to his worst fears? Even the strongest man can be destroyed by jealousy and rumor. In Verdi’s re-telling of Shakespeare’s play, often considered his greatest opera, the warrior Otello returns home from battle to find the treacherous Iago, who pretends to be his friend, spinning a web of deceit and lies. Otello begins to doubt the faithfulness of his beloved wife, Desdemona, and caught between evil whispers and the voice of his own heart, he must decide what – and who – he believes. Presented with English supertitles.