Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Arrigo Boito Based On the play by William Shakespeare Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1950 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Fausto Cleva Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Otello, the Moor Ramon Vinay Desdemona, his wife Renata Tebaldi Iago, his ensign Giuseppe Valdengo Cassio, his lieutenant Alessio De Paolis Emilia, wife of Iago Alice Ostrowsky Roderigo, a Venetian gentleman James Schwabacher Lodovico, an ambassador Desire Ligeti Montano, predecessor of Otello in the government of Cyprus George Cehanovsky Herald Robin Nelson Show Dates Tue, Nov 7 1950, 8pm Time and Place End of Fifteenth Century; a Seaport on Cyprus Scenes Act I -- Outside the Castle Act II -- A Hall on the Ground Floor of the Castle Act III -- The Great Hall of the Castle Act IV -- The Bedroom of Desdemona Notes Boys selected from San Francisco Boys Chorus