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 Pasadena, CA Venue Pasadena Civic Auditorium Season 1939 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gennaro Papi Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master William Tyroler Cast Count Almaviva Nino Martini Figaro, the Barber of Seville Richard Bonelli Doctor Bartolo, a physician Louis D'Angelo Rosina, his ward Lily Pons Don Basilio, a music master Norman Cordon Berta, Rosina's governess Herta Glaz Fiorello, servant to the Count Ludovico Oliviero Officer Ludovico Oliviero Show Dates Wed, Nov 8 1939, 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 Notes The curtain time is a guess; touring records include evering but the starting times.