"Otello" was given its Paris premiere by the Opéra at the Palais Garnier on 12 October 1894 with Albert Saléza in the title role, Rose Caron as Desdemona, and Paul Taffanel conducting. It was performed in a French translation by Arrigo Boito and Camille Du Locle. Verdi composed a short ballet for the finale of Act 3 (ceremony of welcome for the Venetian ambassadors). The production was directed by Alexandre Lapissida, the costumes were designed by Charles Bianchini, and the sets, by Marcel Jambon (Act I); and Eugène Gardy (Act II); Eugène Carpezat (Act III); and Auguste Alfred Rubé and Philippe Chaperon (Act IV).