Friday 22 May 2026 – Craiova Opera Theatre, Shakespeare International Festival

OTELLO

Lyric opera in four acts

Music by Giuseppe Verdi

Libretto by Arrigo Boito

from the homonymous tragedy by Shakespeare

Paolo Lardizzone, Otello

Renata Vari, Desdemona

Leonardo Lopez Linares, Iago

Francesco Napoleoni, Cassio

Victor Shevchenko, Roderigo

Alfredo Sorichetti, conductor