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 1947 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor William Steinberg Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Otello, the Moor Set Svanholm Desdemona, his wife Licia Albanese Iago, his ensign Lawrence Tibbett Cassio, his lieutenant Alessio De Paolis Emilia, wife of Iago Thelma Votipka Roderigo, a Venetian gentleman Leslie Chabay Lodovico, an ambassador Virgilio Lazzari Montano, predecessor of Otello in the government of Cyprus George Cehanovsky Herald Robin Nelson Show Dates Tue, Oct 7 1947, 8pm Time and Place End of Fifteenth Century; a Seaport on 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, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Strohmeyer Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Set Svanholm (Otello), Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Strohmeyer Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Strohmeyer Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1947_12_compressed.pdf (7.04 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Strohmeyer
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Set Svanholm (Otello), Lawrence Tibbett (Iago) Credit Strohmeyer
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Strohmeyer