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Othello

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Othello

Tragedy by William Shakespeare, first performed in 1604-05. Othello, a Moorish commander in the Venetian army, is persuaded by Iago that his wife Desdemona is having an affair with his friend Cassio. Othello murders Desdemona; on discovering her innocence, he kills himself.

Othello

Concert overture by Dvořák, Op. 93, referring to Shakespeare's tragedy. It was composed in 1892 and forms, with Amid Nature and Carnival, a cycle with thematic connections originally called Nature, Life and Love.

See Otello.



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