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 1962 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Staged by Tito Capobianco Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Montano, former governor of Cyprus Russell Christopher Cassio, Otello's lieutenant Glade Peterson Iago, Otello's ensign Tito Gobbi Roderigo, a Venetian gentleman Richard Riffel Otello, governor of Cyprus James McCracken Desdemona, his wife Victoria de los Angeles Emilia, Iago's wife and Desdemona's companion Janis Martin Lodovico, ambassador of Venice John Macurdy Herald Donald Drain Show Dates Wed, Nov 14 1962, 8pm Time and Place Late fifteenth century; a seaport in Cyprus 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 Madi Bacon, Director The San Francisco Opera Association gratefully acknowledges a gift of the orchestra material for "Otello" from Wilfred Allen Taylor Major intermission after Act II