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Otello (San Diego)

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Librettist
Based On

the play by William Shakespeare

Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
San Diego, CA
Venue
San Diego Fox Theatre
Season
1959
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Costumers

Cast

Otello, governor of Cyprus
Desdemona, his bride
Iago, his ensign
Cassio, Otello's lieutenant
Emilia, Iago's wife
Roderigo, a Venetian gentleman
Lodovico, ambassador of Venice
Montano, former governor of Cyprus
Herald

Show Dates

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

Pasadena Boy Choristers
John Henry Lyons, Director

Major intermission after Act II