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Mia madre aveva una povera ancella (Willow Song)
      from Act IV of the Italian opera, Otello by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Arrigo Boïto

• Role : Desdemona, wife of Otello
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric soprano
• Setting : Desdemona's bedroom
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : Desdemona relates the story of her mother's maid, Barbara to Emilia. Barbara was in love with a man who jilted her.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation by Lori Decter Purcell.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50018 (Ricordi), also available in Schrimer from Music Mart.
• Researched by Stephen Parker

Ave Maria
      from Act IV of the Italian opera, Otello by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Arrigo Boïto

• Role : Desdemona, wife of Otello
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric soprano
• Setting : Desdemona's bedroom
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : Desdemona's final prayer. One of Verdi's most beautiful religious works.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation by Rebecca Burstein.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50018 (Ricordi), also available in Schrimer from Music Mart.
• Researched by Stephen Parker

Ora è per sempre addio
      from Act II of the Italian opera, Otello by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Arrigo Boïto

• Role : Otello, a General in the Venetian Army and a Moor
• Voice Part : tenor   Fach : dramatic tenor/heldentenor
• Setting : A hall on the ground fllor of the castle
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : The comes on the heels of Otello's farewell to arms and subsequently his sanity.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Stephen L. Parker.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50018 (Ricordi), also available in Schrimer from Music Mart.
• Researched by Stephen Parker

Dio mi potevi!
      from Act III of the Italian opera, Otello by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Arrigo Boïto

• Role : Otello, a General in the Venetian Army and a Moor
• Voice Part : tenor   Fach : dramatic tenor/heldentenor
• Setting : The great hall of the castle.
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : After his interview with Desdemona, Otello, at the depths of his torment asks God why he has afflicted him in this manner.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Stephen L. Parker.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50018 (Ricordi), also available in Schrimer from Music Mart.
• Researched by Stephen Parker

Niun mi tema!
      from Act IV of the Italian opera, Otello by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Arrigo Boïto

• Role : Otello, a General in the Venetian Army and a Moor
• Voice Part : tenor   Fach : dramatic tenor/heldentenor
• Setting : Desdemona's bedroom
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : Iago's treachery has been revealed and Otello realizes his fatal mistake.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Stephen L. Parker.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50018 (Ricordi), also available in Schrimer from Music Mart.
• Researched by Stephen Parker

Credo in un Dio crudel
      from Act II of the Italian opera, Otello by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Arrigo Boïto

• Role : Iago, Otello's ensign
• Voice Part : baritone   Fach : dramatic baritone
• Setting : A hall on the ground floor of the castle.
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : We learn of Iago's true motivations: "I believe in a cruel God, who has created me in his image and whom, in hate, I name . . . I am evil because I am a man."
• Sound file : MIDI file and zip format sequenced by Meredith Taylor.
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation by Jonathan Ward.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50018 (Ricordi), also available in Schrimer from Music Mart.
• Researched by Stephen Parker

Era la notte
      from Act II of the Italian opera, Otello by Giuseppe Verdi
      Libretto : Arrigo Boïto

• Role : Iago, Otello's ensign
• Voice Part : baritone   Fach : dramatic baritone
• Setting : A hall on the ground floor of the castle.
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : Iago can offer no physical proof of Desdemona's infidelity. Instead, he relates an incident to Otello in which he and Cassio had been sharing sleeping quarters. Cassio appeared to have been dreaming passionately about Desdemona.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Stephen L. Parker.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #50018 (Ricordi), also available in Schrimer from Music Mart.
• Researched by Stephen Parker