This weekend, aficionados will be able to soak in a live opera screening, thanks to a tie-up between the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) and The Metropolitan Opera (New York). The famous opera, Otello by Giuseppe Verdi will be set to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito. Set in four acts, the opera was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan on February 5, 1887. Considered as Verdi’s greatest and most mature opera, the orchestra that served as an accompaniment to the singing in Verdi’s earlier works, will play a major part in conveying the events in Otello.

Renee Fleming as Desdemona and Johan Botha in the title role of Verdi’s Otello. Pics courtesy / Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera