James Hepokoski provides a reliable summary of what is currently
known about Otello, along with an interpretation of the
significance of the work within Verdi's career. The book begins
with a detailed synopsis which interweaves some of the specific
stage action from the 1887 Milanese premiere. There follows a close
consideration of how the opera was actually written: Arrigo Boito's
derivation of the libretto from Shakespeare and the subsequent
textual revisions; Verdi's composition of the opera from 1884 to
1887 and an overview of the revisions of the opera for Venice in
1887 and Paris in 1894. A further chapter outlines Verdi's own
ideas for the performance of Otello and this is followed by William
Ashbrook's summary of the opera's stage history up to the present.
Professor Hepokoski continues by suggesting a new model for
understanding the musical structure of Otello. The book concludes
with a study of the opera as a work of Shakespearean adaptation.
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