Just in case it's decided that my recording of the Dies Irae isn't the best, here's another piece of equally ridiculous violence by Verdi.
Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Othello. It was Verdi's penultimate opera and is considered by many to be his greatest. It was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on February 5, 1887. The opera was first seen in the US at the Academy of Music in New York on 16 April 1888 and in the UK on 5 July 1889 in London. When it was given in Paris in October 1894, "Verdi composed a short ballet (which) forms part of the ceremony of welcome for the Venetian ambassadors in the Act 3 finale.
A brief explanation of this opening movement:
On a stormy night, the people of Cyprus anxiously await the arrival of the new governor, Otello, from the battle with the Turks (Chorus, Montano, Cassio, Iago, Roderigo: Una vela! / "A sail!"). Otello arrives safely and announces that the Turkish fleet has been destroyed, and the Cypriots cheer (Otello, chorus: Esultate! Lorgoglio musulmano sepolto è in mar / "Rejoice! The Mussulman's pride is buried in the sea").
Негізгі бет Verdi- Otello "Una Vela! Una Vela!"
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