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 1959 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Dino Yannopoulos Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Otello, governor of Cyprus Mario Del Monaco Desdemona, his bride Gabriella Tucci Iago, his ensign Mario Zanasi Cassio, Otello's lieutenant Giuseppe Zampieri Emilia, Iago's wife Katherine Hilgenberg Roderigo, a Venetian gentleman Howard Fried Lodovico, ambassador of Venice Mino Yahia Montano, former governor of Cyprus Mark Elyn Herald Eugene Green Show Dates Sun, Oct 25 1959, 3pm Time and Place A seaport on Cyprus; late fifteenth century Scenes Act I -- An open square outside Otello's castle Act II -- A hall in the castle Act III -- The great hall of the castle Act IV -- Desdemona's bedchamber Notes San Francisco Opera Boys Chorus Major intermission after Act II