Otello

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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
1974
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Jesús López-Cobos
Production designed and directed by
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Chorus Director
Byron Dean Ryan
Lighting Designer
Robert Brand
Musical Preparation
Philip Eisenberg
Costumes executed by
Goldstein & Co.

Cast

Show Dates

Broadcast

11/15/1974, live broadcast, KKHI. 

Time and Place

A seaport on Cyprus in the fifteenth century

Scenes

Act I -- Otello's castle by the sea
Act II -- A hall and terrace of the castle
Act III -- A great hall of the castle
Act IV -- Desdemona's bedchamber

Media

Notes

11/15/1974, live broadcast, KKHI. Intermission interviews: #1, Roundtable, Directors William Ball, Jean Pierre Ponnelle and August Everding (guests), Performing opportunities for young singers, Hermione Gingold (guest), #2 Virginia Cochran, David Scott and Daniel Rice (guests).

Members of the San Francisco Boys Chorus
William Ballard, Director

Eric Arndt
Timothy Bass
Keith Cerny
Eric Chan
Michael Cucek
Zachary Griffin
Matthew Hethcoat
Eric Hutchinson
Jeffrey Hutchinson
Scott Johnston
Peter Larson
Leo Levinson
Stephen Luzmoor
Kevin McGinnis
Richard Morrison
Christopher Nomura
Mark Paxson
Todd Perry
Damir Priskich
Michael Pruger
Edward Rex
Michael Roper
Timothy Salaver
Michael Shirley
Jeffrey Silver
Alan Stevens
Jonathan Yuen