Date: June 11, 2024

Duration: 7:30am - 11:00pm

Participation fee: € 40

Mandatory requirement: Students must be 18 years old or older to participate in the activity.

Last day to sign up and pay: Sunday, May 26, 2024

No show/late cancelation fee: € 40

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IMPORTANT NOTICE: please keep in mind that all JCU Student Services sponsored trips and outdoor activities are subject to change according to conditions including, but not limited to, weather.

His second-last opera, Otello is one of the crown jewels in Giuseppe Verdi’s catalogue. With a powerful libretto by Arrigo Boito based on the gripping, violent drama Othello by the inimitable William Shakespeare, the work contains four acts of musical greatness and plot twists that turn up the suspense and tension to the highest level. The much-anticipated premiere took place on 5 February 1887 at the majestic Teatro alla Scala in Milan. 

Otello’s plot stays true to the Shakespeare original. At the centre of it all is Otello, the governor of Cyprus, and Iago, his secret nemesis who is ready to do anything to destroy him. Seeing the unbreakable love Otello shares with his wife Desdemona, Iago creates a horrible plan to drive the two apart. Through a series of tricks, lies and manipulations that destroy several innocent people’s lives, Iago manages to convince Otello that Desdemona has been having an affair with the head of his guard, Captain Cassio. Once loving and trusting, Otello turns into an ever more jealous, suspicious and cruel man who does not hold back from rash decisions and violence. As the opera reaches its tragic finale, audiences at Teatro Costanzi will be in awe of Shakespeare’s and Verdi’s combined storytelling talents.

Maximum Number of Participants: 10

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