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 Los Angeles Music Center Pavilion Season 1965 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Piero Bellugi Production Günther Rennert Stage Director(s) Matthew Farruggio Designer Alfred Siercke Thomas L. Colangelo, Jr.(resident designer) Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Recitative accompaniment Philip Eisenberg Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Fiorello, servant to Count Almaviva Adib Fazah Count Almaviva Alexander Young Doctor Bartolo Ramon Vinay Figaro, a barber Richard Fredricks Rosina, Doctor Bartolo's ward Jolanda Meneguzzer Don Basilio, a music master Ugo Trama Berta, Dr. Bartolo's housekeeper Sona Cervena First Officer Robert Glover Ambrogio, Doctor Bartolo's servant Colin Harvey Notary James Wagner Second officer Richard Styles Show Dates Sun, Nov 28 1965, 3pm Time and Place Dr. Bartolo's house in Seville, 1840 Scenes (no scene breakdown was published) Acknowledgements The production of "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" was donated to the San Francisco Opera Association by the San Francisco Opera Guild in 1963