Editing Otho (section)

=== In opera ===

* Otho (or Ottone) is a character in ''[[L'incoronazione di Poppea]]'' (''The Coronation of Poppaea''), an Italian [[List of operas by Claudio Monteverdi|opera]] from 1643 by [[Claudio Monteverdi]]. Otho is in love with Poppaea but she spurns him. After learning Nero plans to leave her and marry Poppaea, Empress Ottavia orders Otho to kill Poppaea, which he attempts but finds he cannot carry out. He ends the opera in exile with Drusilla, a lady of the court who loves him. 
* Otho is a principal character also in [[Handel]]'s opera ''[[Agrippina (opera)|Agrippina]]'' of 1709. [[Agrippina the Younger|Agrippina]], Nero's mother, is intent on promoting her son's claim to the throne. Poppaea, the ingenue, is portrayed as the object of desire of [[Claudius]], [[Nero]], and Otho, whose rivalries Agrippina attempts to leverage to her advantage. Once Poppaea sees through Agrippina's deceit, she responds in kind, but only in order to be united with Otho, portrayed as her one true love. 
* Otho (or Ottone) is the title character in [[Antonio Vivaldi|Vivaldi]]'s opera ''[[Ottone in villa]]'' of 1713. Ottone is in love with Cleonilla, who can't resist flirting with two young Romans, Ostilio and Caio. Ostilio is in reality a woman, Tullia, who disguised herself because she's in love with Caio.