the play by William Shakespeare
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Production
Stage Director(s)
Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Cast
Montano
Cassio
Iago
Roderigo
Otello
Desdemona
Emilia
Herald
Lodovico
Show Dates
Broadcast
Archival broadcast, September 19, 1987 -- locally on KKHI; also on KQED and WFMT Chicago.
Time and Place
Late 15th century; a seaport on Cyprus
Scenes
Media
Acknowledgements
The revival of this production has been made possible by a much-appreciated grant from Bernard and Barbro Osher
Notes
Archival broadcast, September 19, 1987 -- locally on KKHI; also on KQED and WFMT Chicago. Intermission interviews: #1 Musical highlights of Otello: Sir John Pritchard (guest), #2 Placido Domingo & Ray Reinhardt (guests). (Several years later, Mr. McEwen selected a number of operas from various seasons for broadcasts, including the opening night Otello.)
The Opening Night performance was scheduled for a 7 p.m. start. After the evening final dress rehearsal of Otello, Carlo Cossutta developed laryngitis on the morning of September 9th. Placido Domingo was engaged last minute and flew in on a private plane from New York; the performance started around 10:30 p.m.
Opening Night flowers by Ah Sam.
Baldwin organ provided courtesy of Baldwin Piano & Organ Center, Santa Clara, California
San Francisco Boys Chorus
William Ballard, Director
Mark Bemesderfer
Max Berest
Mark Colety
Justin Dudley
Richard Espinoza
Sebastian Frey
Matthew Hurwitz
Jacques Hymans
Anthony Impang-Lozada
Justin Jed
Jordan King
David Koenig
Lucan Maciel
Kenneth Ohashi
Jonathan Olmsted
David Owen
Jeffrey Paul
Nicholas Safrit
Bernard Savant
John Paul Savant
Alastair Wilson
Samuel Yan
San Francisco Girls Chorus
Elizabeth Appling, Director
Lisa Bielawa
Belynda Biller
Kenya Briggs
Christine Campbell
Rebecca Coolidge
Sharon D'Cunha
Megan Dey
Sarah Emdy
Erica Fitschen
Leah Fitschen
Shauna Finny
Elke Glendenning
Katherine Iosif
Jessica Israels
Rachel Lopez
Cialin Mills
Sarah Norris
Elizabeth Richards
Katy Schumacher
Jennifer Vlahos
SUPERNUMERARIES
Renée DeJarnatt
Susan Holzkamp
Nina Izotoff
Candace Kahn
Holly Morrison
Donna Shanklin
Andrew Alder
Mark Backer
Sky Bamford
Steve Bauman
Roy Castellini
David Clover
Don Correira
Tom Curran
Rick Emmons
Jay Esser
Peter Felleman
Mickey Frettoloso
Matt Garadis
Peter Garadis
Tommy Garadis
Philip Gibson
Ward Greunke
Joe Hay
Mark Huelsmann
Steve Jacobs
John R. Janonis
Julius Karoblis
Lawrence Millner
Michael Pitkin
Simon Pyne
Paul Ricks
Tom Simrock
Rick Skarolid
Jonathan Spieler
Robert Wendell
Bruce Woodward