Depictions in Other Media
- In the film Serenade, Mario Lanza plays an operatic tenor who is singing Otello for the first time. In the opera's final scene, he is enraged and unable to complete his performance because his sponsor Joan Fontaine, a shallow society woman with whom he has become infatuated, is seeing another man.
- The play After Aida – a 1985 play-with-music by Julian Mitchell – depicts the struggle of Giulio Ricordi and Franco Faccio to get the retired Verdi to collaborate with the young librettist Boito on a new project, which became Otello. The play includes four full arias from Otello, plus arias from some of Verdi's previous works.
- The 1986 comedy Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig revolves around problems with a performance of Otello. After the original actor for the title role is unable to perform, a member of the production staff steps in and takes his place, causing a number of problems involving mistaken identity.
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