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Ave Maria
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 prays to the Virgin Mary just before Otello enters to take her life.
Range: Tessitura:
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Translations/Aria Texts:
Translation into English by Rebecca Burstein (added 1999-10-28)
Sounds:
none
Sheet Music/Scores:
Verdi, Giuseppe. Favorite Soprano Arias. Published by Ricordi. Available at Amazon.com and Sheetmusicplus.com.
The Ultimate Soprano Aria Album (Version 2.0). Published by CD Sheet Music. Available at Amazon.com and Sheetmusicplus.com.
Verdi, Giuseppe. Verdi - Arias for Soprano Vol. 1. Published by Ricordi. Available at Amazon.com and Sheetmusicplus.com.
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Mia madre aveva una povera ancella (Canzone di salice - Willow Song)
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.
Range: Tessitura:
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Translations/Aria Texts:
Translation into English by Lori Decter Purcell (added 1999-07-28)
Sounds:
none
Sheet Music/Scores:
The Ultimate Soprano Aria Album (Version 2.0). Published by CD Sheet Music. Available at Amazon.com and Sheetmusicplus.com.
Prima Donna's Album. Published by G. Schirmer. Available at Amazon.com and Sheetmusicplus.com.
Recordings:
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Credo in un Dio crudel
from Act II of the Italian opera Otello by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Arrigo Boïto

Role: Iago, Otello's ensign
Voice Part: baritone       Fach: dramatic baritone
Setting: A hall on the ground floor of the castle.
Synopsis: Iago describes his true motivations for the things he does: "I believe in a cruel God, who has created me in his image and whom, in hate, I name . . . I am evil because I am a man."
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Translations/Aria Texts:
Translation into English by Jonathan H. Ward (added 1999-02-26)
Sounds:
MIDI version by Meredith Taylor
Sheet Music/Scores:
none
Recordings:
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Era la notte
from Act II of the Italian opera Otello by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Arrigo Boïto

Role: Iago, Otello's ensign
Voice Part: baritone       Fach: dramatic baritone
Setting: A hall on the ground floor of the castle.
Synopsis: Iago can offer no physical proof of Desdemona's infidelity. Instead, he relates an incident to Otello in which he and Cassio had been sharing sleeping quarters. Cassio appeared to have been dreaming passionately about Desdemona.
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Translations/Aria Texts:
Libretto entered by Stephen Parker (added 1998-08-13)
Sounds:
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Sheet Music/Scores:
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Dio mi potevi!
from Act III of the Italian opera Otello by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Arrigo Boïto

Role: Otello, a General in the Venetian Army and a Moor, married to Desdemona
Voice Part: tenor       Fach: dramatic tenor
Setting: The great hall of the castle.
Synopsis: Otello questions Desdemona about her relationship to Cassio and, receiving no satisfactory answer, he commands her to leave. After she is gone, Otello asks God why he has afflicted him in this manner.
Range: Tessitura:
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Translations/Aria Texts:
Libretto entered by Stephen Parker (added 1998-08-13)
Sounds:
none
Sheet Music/Scores:
The Ultimate Tenor Aria Album (Version 2.0). Published by CD Sheet Music. Available at Amazon.com and Sheetmusicplus.com.
Verdi, Giuseppe. Cantolopera: Verdi Arias for Tenor. Published by Ricordi. Available at Amazon.com and Sheetmusicplus.com.
Italian Tenor Arias with Orchestra, vol. II. Published by Music Minus One. Available at Amazon.com and Sheetmusicplus.com.
Verdi, Giuseppe. Favorite Tenor Arias. Published by Ricordi. Available at Sheetmusicplus.com.
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Niun mi tema!
from Act IV of the Italian opera Otello by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Arrigo Boïto

Role: Otello, a General in the Venetian Army and a Moor, married to Desdemona
Voice Part: tenor       Fach: dramatic tenor
Setting: Desdemona's bedroom
Synopsis: Otello has killed his wife because Iago led him to believe that she betrayed him with another man. He discovers that Iago lied and that Desdemona was innocent. In anguish, he grieves over her death and eventually kills himself.
Range: Tessitura:
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Translations/Aria Texts:
Libretto entered by Stephen Parker (added 1998-08-13)
Sounds:
none
Sheet Music/Scores:
The Ultimate Tenor Aria Album (Version 2.0). Published by CD Sheet Music. Available at Amazon.com and Sheetmusicplus.com.
Recordings:
none
Ora è per sempre addio
from Act II of the Italian opera Otello by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Arrigo Boïto

Role: Otello, a General in the Venetian Army and a Moor, married to Desdemona
Voice Part: tenor       Fach: dramatic tenor
Setting: A hall on the ground fllor of the castle
Synopsis: Influenced by Iago's suggestions of impropriety between Desdemona and Cassio, Otello bids farewell to happiness in his marriage.
Range: Tessitura:
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Translations/Aria Texts:
Libretto entered by Stephen Parker (added 1998-08-13)
Sounds:
none
Sheet Music/Scores:
The Ultimate Tenor Aria Album (Version 2.0). Published by CD Sheet Music. Available at Amazon.com and Sheetmusicplus.com.
Recordings:
none
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