| Composer: |
Giuseppe Verdi |
| Music title: |
Otello (1887) |
| Librettist: |
Arrigo Boito |
| Work definition: |
Dramma lirico in four acts |
| After: |
After the play 'Othello, or The Moor of Venice' by William Shakespeare |
| Language: |
Italian |
| World premiere: |
5 February 1887, Teatro alla Scala, Milan |
| ROH premiere: |
15 July 1891, Royal Italian Opera |
| ROH company premiere: |
17 October 1955, Covent Garden Opera Company, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |