Otello opens at La Scala on 5 February 1887 as a completed late tragic opera with Boito
La Scala and Britannica print 5 February 1887 as Otello’s premiere, Boito’s libretto after Shakespeare. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.
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La Scala and Britannica print 5 February 1887 as Otello’s premiere, Boito’s libretto after Shakespeare. Shared work with Boito, Faccio, and the house remains named.
Context
It is not Falstaff. Racial plot-harm readings of the Shakespeare source are not invented as a unique Verdi statute.
Giuseppe Verdi’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.
Lived 1813–1901. Impresarios, librettists, censors, khedival officers, and Ricordi share the public file. Va pensiero’s later nationalist reception is not stored as his revolutionary act. Complex contribution is required.
Why it matters
It is not a 1604 London play as Verdi’s act.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Giuseppe Verdi
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.4 · verified
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactOtello opens at La Scala on 5 February 1887 as a completed late tragic opera with Boito
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicators (3)Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 5 February 1887 · verified
It is not a 1604 London play as Verdi’s act.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.4)
Observed
70% of 10-year-olds · 70 above the normal line (2022)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 57% of 10-year-olds (2019) and 70% of 10-year-olds (2022).
20192022 Above normal = worse
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.17 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.35)
Observed
472 PISA score points · 28 below the normal line (2022)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2003–2022: fell from 499 PISA score points to 472 PISA score points.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.15 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.3)
Observed
11% of primary-school-age children · 11 above the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalAbove normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Britannica — Giuseppe VerdiEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
- 2.Teatro alla Scala — house heritage of Verdi premieresTeatro alla Scala · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Teatro alla Scala and Britannica independently describe the 1887 Otello premiere.
Established: 5 February 1887 premiere. Not established: unique later-directing coefficients.
Giuseppe Verdi did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act. Keep 1887 distinct from 1893. Keep 1887 distinct from 1893.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorGiuseppe Verdi
- contributed toFactOtello opens at La Scala on 5 February 1887 as a completed late tragic opera with Boito
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
Cite this page
Factrail. (2026). Otello opens at La Scala on 5 February 1887 as a completed late tragic opera with Boito. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gv-otello-1887
https://factrail.ai/facts/gv-otello-1887
Accessed 15 October 2026.
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