In Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Otello, what is the name of Otello’s wife?

In Verdi’s opera Otello, Otello’s wife is named Desdemona.

Verdi’s Otello is based on William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello, with an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito. Desdemona is a Venetian noblewoman who has married Otello, a Moorish military commander serving Venice. Their marriage becomes the target of Iago’s calculated manipulation.

Iago convinces Otello that Desdemona has been unfaithful with Cassio. The handkerchief that Otello gave Desdemona becomes a crucial piece of supposed evidence after Iago arranges for it to be found in Cassio’s possession. Desdemona’s innocence contrasts with Otello’s growing jealousy and insecurity.

The opera premiered at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala on 5 February 1887. It was Verdi’s penultimate opera and marked a late-career partnership with Boito, whose libretto uses Shakespearean drama while compressing and reshaping its events.