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 1951 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 Herva Nelli Iago, his ensign Giuseppe Valdengo Cassio, his lieutenant James Schwabacher Emilia, wife of Iago Alice Ostrowsky Roderigo, a Venetian gentleman Caesar Curzi Lodovico, an ambassador Desire Ligeti Montano, predecessor of Otello in the government of Cyprus George Cehanovsky Herald Demy Trevor Show Dates Thu, Nov 1 1951, 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