Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Arrigo Boito Based On the play by William Shakespeare Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1936 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master William Tyroler Cast Otello, the Moor Giovanni Martinelli Desdemona, his wife Elisabeth Rethberg Iago, his ensign Lawrence Tibbett Cassio, his lieutenant Hans Clemens Emilia, wife of Iago Eva Gruninger Roderigo, a Venetian gentleman Ludovico Oliviero Lodovico, an ambassador Norman Cordon Montano, predecessor of Otello in the government of Cyprus Louis D'Angelo Herald John Burr Show Dates Fri, Nov 20 1936, 8pm Time and Place End of Fifteenth Century; a Seaport in Cyprus Scenes Act I -- Outside the Castle Act II -- A Hall on the Ground Floor of the Castle Act III -- The Great Hall of the Castle Act IV -- The Bedroom of Desdemona Media Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Iago), Hans Clemens (Cassio) Credit Morton Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Otello), Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Morton Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Morton Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Morton Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Morton Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Morton Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Otello), Elisabeth Rethberg (Desdemona), Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Unknown Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1936_08_compressed.pdf (6.92 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Iago), Hans Clemens (Cassio) Credit Morton
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Otello), Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Morton
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Morton
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Morton
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Morton
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Morton
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Otello), Elisabeth Rethberg (Desdemona), Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Unknown