Otello
An opera in four acts by
Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor
Angelo Cavallaro
Direction
Fabrizio Monteverde
Set Design and Video Screening
Paolo Calafiore
Teatro Sociale Mantova
1997
Photos
Archivio Paolo Calafiore
Abstract
Over the horizon line the open sea of Cyprus interrupted by a perspective of angular breakwater stones outlines the perspective of a roadstead overlooking the water and the inlet of the harbor awaiting Othello's return. The scenography will unfold over the four acts by repositioning and rotating the large stones that will gradually compose a hypnotic labyrinth that leads inexorably from the garden to the abyss of Othello's madness that is consummated in Desdemona's loggia room.