Composer
Librettist
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
Staged by
Chorus Director
Costumers
Cast
Montano, former governor of Cyprus
Cassio, Otello's lieutenant
Iago, Otello's ensign
Roderigo, a Venetian gentleman
Otello, governor of Cyprus
Desdemona, his wife
Emilia, Iago's wife and Desdemona's companion
Lodovico, ambassador of Venice
Herald
Show Dates
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