12/20/2023 0 Comments Premiere rush vs elementsBut we still use race and colorism to size one another up. Terrance McKnight : Otello’s othering in this opera is about race although some try to say it’s about class, I’ll tell you what, in Shakespeare’s day, racial prejudice was an institution called slavery, In Verdi’s day racial prejudice was the lifeblood of imperialism, and these days we’re still trying to find ways to live harmoniously with one another given all of that baggage from the past. Everyone’s going “wow, wow, wow” you know? Then we walks in with his trophy wife, come on. The level of admiration, and his intoxicating personality as a example of virtuous humanity needs to stop. IAGO : Because he’s a facade, he’s gone too far. And because she married him, so was his wife. But he was more than tokenized, this man was, villainized, criticized, minimized. The one Black man in Shakespeare’s play and in Verdi’s opera. Terrance McKnight : Yes, first and foremost Othello is a Moor. Limmie Pullman : First and foremost he’s a Moor. Today we’re talking about Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello.įlurry of “Otello” yelled, whispered, stated, announced In this series we’re talking about representations of blackness in opera. It’s a new podcast from WQXR that interrogates the culture of our classical music scene and we look at ways to make it beautiful for all of us. Terrance McKnight : This is Every Voice with Terrance McKnight.
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