Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Words by Arrigo Boito
Based on William Shakespeare’s Othello

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A general and his wife. His scheming friend. A whispered lie.

In Shakespeare’s most psychologically brutal tragedy, a single lie unravels everything, with music as devastating as the emotions it unleashes.

FRI APR 16, 2027 — 7:30 PM
SUN APR 18 – 2:00 PM • NEW MATINEE!
SAT APR 24 – 7:30 PM

Single tickets for Otello go on sale in April 2026.

Tickets are 50% off for ages 18 & under.
All individual tickets include a 3.5% service fee

Sung in Italian with projected English translations

Location: Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

Opera Talk one hour before the show. More info

Run time 2h55m including one 25m intermission.

Seating is assigned (View map)

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Conductor - Jonathan Brandani

Stage Director - Elizabeth Stepkowski Tarhan

Featuring the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cantaré Children’s Choir, and the Calgary Opera Chorus.

Otello - Marcelo Puente

Desdemona - Anna Pompeeva

Iago - TBC

Cassio - TBC

Roderigo - Matthew Bermudez

Emilia - Simona Genga

Lodovico - Gabriel Sanchez-Ortega

Montano / Herald - George Theodorakopoulos

OTELLO