Desc: Rossini: Otello: Directed by Olivier Simonnet. With John Osborn, Cecilia Bartoli, Javier Camarena, Edgardo Rocha. The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with her suitor Rodrigo when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.