Composer
Librettist
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
Staged by
Chorus Director
Costumers
Cast
Montano, former governor of Cyprus
Cassio, Otello's lieutenant
Iago, Otello's ensign
Roderigo, a Venetian gentleman
Otello, governor of Cyprus
Desdemona, his wife
Victoria de los Angeles(10/9)
Raina Kabaivanska(10/18)
Emilia, Iago's wife and Desdemona's companion
Lodovico, ambassador of Venice
Herald
Show Dates
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
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1962_10_compressed.pdf
(10.43 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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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