Maquette for Otello

Object detail

Media/Materials

Painted wood, board, plaster, and paper

Measurements

25 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 30 3/4in (64.8 x 80 x 78.1cm)

Credit line

Gift of The Tobin Endowment

Accession number

TL2002.194

Object type

Sculpture

Department

Theatre Arts

Location

Not on view

Theatre production

Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, based on the tragedy, Othello, by William Shakespeare. Produced by the Royal Opera, London, 1987.

Further information

For Giuseppe Verdi's version of Shakespeare's tragedy, O'Brien created a monumental architectural space that functioned both as a palace interior and a town square (note the different floor patterns). Fluted columns established the Mediterranean setting and echoed the magnitude of Otello's fall from power, precipitated by his nemesis Iago and ending in the murder of his beloved wife Desdemona.

Documentation

Theatre Design & Technology; Winter 2014; p. 35-36

Associated person

Giuseppe Verdi (b.1813, d.1901)
William Shakespeare (British, b.1564, d.1616)
Royal Opera

Maker

Timothy O'Brien (British, b.1929, d.2022)

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Subject category

British European operas genres Theatre Arts maquettes design pattern Artistic Devices and Terms Classical Architectural Styles Styles columns/arches Structures

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