Frankfurt - trip 3, week 3
We decided to get some culture tonight, so we went to the opera. Oper Frankfurt was performing Othello - the Verdi one, they also performed the Rossini one earlier in the year. If you don't know the story of Othello (the opera is indeed taken from the Shakespearean play), the sinister Iago is passed over for promotion in favour of Cassio by General Othello, so Iago swears revenge and sets up a plot to convince Othello that Cassio is having an affair with Othello's wife Desdemona. 2.75 hours Othello, Desdemona, and a couple others are dead. That's basically it. Good music though, and obviously excellent singing (and acting) performances by the actors.
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