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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.