The Barber of Seville Composer Gioachino Rossini Librettist Cesare Sterbini Based On the comedic play by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1945 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimara Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Count Almaviva Bruno Landi Figaro, the Barber of Seville Francesco Valentino Doctor Bartolo, a physician Salvatore Baccaloni Rosina, his ward Hilde Reggiani Don Basilio, a music master Ezio Pinza Berta, Rosina's governess Claramae Turner Fiorello, servant to the Count Alessio De Paolis Officer George Tallone Show Dates Wed, Oct 31 1945, 8pm Time and Place Seventeenth century; Seville Scenes Act I -- A Street in Seville, Early Morning Act II -- A Room in Doctor Bartolo's House Act III -- The Same