The Legacy of Othello

Mythos Othello

Also known as Le Mythe d'Ot(h)ello, El mito de Otelo, Mit Otella, Il mito di Otello, Mythos Ot(h)ello

A fascinating exploration of the literary — The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, by English playwright William Shakespeare (1604) — and lyrical — Othello, by Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (1887) — myth of Othello, the desperately tragic story of a Moorish general in the army of the Venetian Republic whose absurd jealousy poisons his love for his wife Desdemona.