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This night of September, 1934, is the biggest in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company - World famous tenor Tito Morelli is to perform Othello, his greatest role, at the gala season opener. Saunders, the General Manager, hopes this will put Cleveland on the operatic map. Morelli is late, and when he does show up, it isn't in time to rehearse with the company. Through a hilarious series of mishaps, Il Stupendo is given a double dose of tranquilizers which mixes with the booze he has consumed and he passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant Max believe he is dead. What to do? Max is an aspiring singer and Saunders persuades him to get into Morelli's Othello costume and try to fool the audience into thinking he's Il Stupendo. Max succeeds admirably, but Morelli comes to and gets into his other costume. Now two Othellos are running around in costume and two women are running around in lingerie, each thinking that she is with Il Stupendo! A sensation on Broadway this show is sure to leave you teary eyed with laughter.
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