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    Othello in Mexico

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    Shakespeare's Othello in music

    Bandanna opera Daron Hagen

    5. Othello in Mexico

    Bandanna, an English language opera with words by Irish poet Paul Muldoon and music by Daron Hagen, is set in 1968 on the United States–Mexican border. It borrows elements from both Shakespeare's play and Verdi's opera, Otello.

    1. Image 1: Otello Rossini Opera Rara Bruce Ford
    2. Image 2: Mario del Monaco Otello Verdi
    3. Image 3: Othello William Shakespeare tragedy Maria Malibran
    4. Image 4: Domingo Verdi Otello Olivier Zeffirelli
    5. Image 5: Bandanna opera Daron Hagen
    6. Image 6: Othello William Shakespeare tragedy The Moor's Pavane
    7. Image 7: Othello William Shakespeare tragedy ballet John Neumeier
    8. Image 8: Othello William Shakespeare tragedy Lar Lubovitch
    9. Image 9: Othello William Shakespeare tragedy Omkara Vishal
    10. Image 10: Othello William Shakespeare tragedy 11 images

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