Metropolitan Opera First: ‘otello’ Without Blackface

MICHAEL COOPER, NY Times: Local
Tue, 08/04/2015 - 6:58pm

Long after most theater companies stopped using dark makeup for their Othellos, seeing it as a remnant of minstrelsy, leading opera companies continued to use it for their Otellos.

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