from Act IV of the Italian opera
Otello by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Arrigo Boïto
Role: Desdemona, Otello's wife
Voice Part: soprano Fach: lyric soprano
Setting: Desdemona's bedroom
Synopsis: Desdemona relates the story of her mother's maid, Barbara, to Emilia. Barbara was in love with a man who jilted her.