The staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s penultimate tragic masterwork, Otello, within the open-air courtyard of the Palazzo Ducale in Venice presents a theatrical convergence where history, architecture, and dramatic poetry mirror one another with staggering physical immediacy. Returning the Moor of Venice to the exact Renaissance halls and marble staircases from which his historical and literary journey originated, this production produced by the Teatro La Fenice and directed by Francesco Micheli transforms...

We stopped at how, in a vision, the Apostle John sees how the seventh Angel sounded, and loud voices were heard in heaven saying: the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and His Christ, and he will reign forever and ever. (Revelation 11:15). Since it is said that the kingdom of our Lord and His Christ will reign forever and ever, this means that all the texts written below are a repetition of the events that have been described up to this point. Starting from chapter 12 of the Book, the Apostle John describes the events that should be anew very briefly. Here, the main role...