Stage2Screen Series Royal Opera House Production OTELLO 2017 Sunday, July 23 at 1:30p and 6:30p Monday, July 24 at 1:30p Tickets $20  (students and teachers $25) Antonio Pappano conducts a new production of Verdi’s thrilling Shakespeare-inspired opera.  Otello is Verdi’s final tragedy. After astonishing productivity in his early career, the composer slowed in later life; more than fifteen years separate Otello and its predecessor, Aida, although Verdi revised his earlier works Simon Boccanegra and Don Carlo in the interim. He was lured out of retirement by the composer and librettist Arrigo Boito, who tempted him with a proposal that was very close to Verdi’s heart: Shakespeare’s Othello. Boito adapted the libretto from Shakespeare’s play, with much intervention from Verdi. As the latest utterance from the master of Italian opera, the 1887 premiere was an instant success – but, more than that, Otello has been an important part of the international opera repertory ever since. ​ Captured on stage in high definition June 28, 2017