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Two Sides to every Story:How two Composers treat the samePlotFalstaff, after being thrown into the ThamesOtto Nicolai 1849 Giuseppe Verdi 1893La Boheme: Musetta’s s WaltzRuggiero Leoncavallo 1897 Giacomo Puccini 1896
Otello• Rossini’s s opera from his Naples period is romanticwith light orchestration and a lot of coloraturaembellishment of the arias.• Verdi has heavier orchestration with dramaticpresentation of many arias to emphasize thecharacters.• The story in Rossini’s s Otello follows closer to theShakespeare play and starts in Venice. Verdi’sopera starts in Cypress where Otello is sent by theDoge of Venice to fight the Turks.
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