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 1964 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Dino Yannopoulos Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Montano, former governor of Cyprus Daniel McCaughna 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 Pilar Lorengar Emilia, Iago's wife and Desdemona's companion Janis Martin Herald David Giosso Lodovico, ambassador of Venice Pietro Menci Show Dates Tue, Nov 17 1964, 8pm Time and Place Late fifteenth century; Cyprus Scenes Act I -- Otello's castle by the sea Act II -- A hall and terrace 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