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 1950 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Nicola Rescigno Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Count Almaviva Eugene Conley Figaro, the Barber of Seville Enzo Mascherini Doctor Bartolo, a physician Salvatore Baccaloni Rosina, his ward Lily Pons Don Basilio, a music master Italo Tajo Berta, Rosina's governess Claramae Turner Fiorello, servant to the Count George Cehanovsky Officer Alessio De Paolis Ambrogio, Doctor Bartolo's servant Colin Harvey Show Dates Wed, Nov 8 1950, 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 Document SFO_PUB_01_TOUR_1950_04_compressed.pdf (8.5 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Program note: In the lesson scene, Miss Pons sings Bishop's "Lo, Hear the Gentle Lark" and "Villanelle" by Dell'Acqua.