Behind the Name: Comments for the name Desdemona

Comments for DESDEMONA:

In Verdi's opera Otello the name is accented on the second syllable.

-- Kosta 8/8/2007

That's because Giuseppe Verdi was Italian, and des-DE-mo-na is the Italian pronunciation of the name.

In Spanish it's spelt Desdémona and pronounced the same as in Italian.

-- caoilainn 1/30/2008

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