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 1962 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Staged by Tito Capobianco Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Montano, former governor of Cyprus Russell Christopher 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 Victoria de los Angeles(10/9) Raina Kabaivanska(10/18) Emilia, Iago's wife and Desdemona's companion Janis Martin Lodovico, ambassador of Venice John Macurdy Herald Donald Drain Show Dates Tue, Oct 9 1962, 8pm Thu, Oct 18 1962, 8pm Time and Place Late fifteenth century; a seaport in Cyprus Scenes Act I -- An open square outside Otello's castle Act II -- A hall in the castle INTERMISSION Act III -- The great hall of the castle Act IV --Desdemona's bedchamber Media Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Victoria de los Angeles (Desdemona), James McCracken (Otello) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Victoria de los Angeles (Desdemona) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1962_10_compressed.pdf (10.43 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- San Francisco Opera Boys Chorus Madi Bacon, Director The San Francisco Opera Association gratefully acknowledges a gift of the orchestra material for "Otello" from Wilfred Allen Taylor
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Victoria de los Angeles (Desdemona), James McCracken (Otello) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image Otello, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Victoria de los Angeles (Desdemona) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones