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 1939 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 Ludovico Oliviero Emilia, wife of Iago Thelma Votipka Roderigo, a Venetian gentleman Paul Walti Lodovico, an ambassador Louis D'Angelo Montano, predecessor of Otello in the government of Cyprus George Cehanovsky Herald Juan Navarro Show Dates Fri, Oct 27 1939, 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, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Louis d'Angelo (Lodovico), Giovanni Martinelli (Otello), Elisabeth Rethberg (Desdemona) Credit Morton Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Chorus Men Credit Morton Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Morton Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Louis d'angelo (Lodovico), Paul Walti (Roderigo) Credit Morton Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ludovico Oliviero (Cassio), Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Morton Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Elisabeth Rethberg (Desdemona), Giovanni Martinelli (Otello), Lawrence Tibbett (Iago), Louis d'Angelo (Ludovico) Credit Morton Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Otello), Rlisabeth Rethberg (Desdemona), Lawrence Tibbett (Iago), Thelma Votipka (Emilia) Credit Morton Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Otello), Elisabeth Rethberg (Desdemona) Credit Morton Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Otello), Elisabeth Rethberg (Desdemona), Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Unknown Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1939_08_compressed.pdf (7.45 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Louis d'Angelo (Lodovico), Giovanni Martinelli (Otello), Elisabeth Rethberg (Desdemona) Credit Morton
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Chorus Men Credit Morton
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Morton
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Louis d'angelo (Lodovico), Paul Walti (Roderigo) Credit Morton
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ludovico Oliviero (Cassio), Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Morton
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Elisabeth Rethberg (Desdemona), Giovanni Martinelli (Otello), Lawrence Tibbett (Iago), Louis d'Angelo (Ludovico) Credit Morton
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Otello), Rlisabeth Rethberg (Desdemona), Lawrence Tibbett (Iago), Thelma Votipka (Emilia) Credit Morton
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Otello), Elisabeth Rethberg (Desdemona) Credit Morton
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Otello), Elisabeth Rethberg (Desdemona), Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Unknown