Editing Otello (section)

===Blackface controversy===
For many years it was common for white singers to wear dark makeup when playing Otello. The Metropolitan Opera stopped the practice in 2015.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/04/429366961/metropolitan-opera-to-drop-use-of-blackface-style-makeup-in-otello "Metropolitan Opera to Drop Use of Blackface-Style Makeup in 'Otello'"]. [[NPR]]. 4 August 2015. Retrieved on 26 November 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/arts/music/debating-otello-blackface-and-casting-trends.html|title=Debating ''Otello'', Blackface and Casting Trends|date=1 October 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/arts/music/an-otello-without-the-blackface-nods-to-modern-tastes.html|title=An ''Otello'' Without Blackface Highlights an Enduring Tradition in Opera|date=20 September 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Some have argued that using dark makeup for the character is a matter of costuming, and not a true example of racist [[blackface]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/how-do-african-american-singers-feel-about-blackface-in-opera/2015/10/16/fbbaa318-7176-11e5-9cbb-790369643cf9_story.html|title=The rarity of black faces, not ''Otello'' in blackface, should be issue in opera|date=16 October 2015|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> The Metropolitan decision led to calls for casting more people of color in opera.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/mets-otello-casting-begs-the-question-is-whitewash-better-than-blackface/article25879634/|title=Met's ''Otello'' casting begs the question: Is whitewash better than blackface?|date=7 August 2015|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref>