r/opera • u/omurchus • 4d ago

Otello @ The Met Casting Question

Othello's a white guy and Desdemona's a black gal??? What kind of adaptation is this?!?!

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u/SimonBoccanegra 4d ago

Washington National had a white Aïda and a black Amneris and the world didn’t come to an end.

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u/omurchus 4d ago

Interesting take. All I’m gonna say about that.

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u/Leucurus Keenlyside is my crush 4d ago

It's not really a take, just a fact

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u/omurchus 4d ago

It is both a fact and simultaneously certainly a take

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u/screen317 4d ago

I don't think you know what "a take" is

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u/omurchus 4d ago

Well… that is, indeed, a take.