Word: emilia
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...quality of the recording is unimpeachable, and, apart from a few faintly audible coughs, crowd noise does not detract. The few stage effects are effective rather than intrusive (especially Emilia's insistent knocking at the end of the last act). Overall, this is a powerful interpretation of Verdi's incredible tapestry, and it is led by an indefatigable hero. Bravo Pavarotti...
...REGGIO EMILIA, Italy--The Soviet Union's breakup spells the end of Soviet chess dominance, said an Indian university student who beat world chess champion Gary Kasparov at a tournament here...
...only real change in the text--the conversion of the Duke of Venice to the Duchess of Venice--is a cutesy, annoying attempt at originality. Emilia's "ills that we do" speech to Desdemona in Act IV, scene 4, explains that men wield all the power in the play. More than simple cross-casting, Williams' decision is a script revision that helps to undermine the strength of Othello's clear and present gender tensions...