The Barber of Seville
Composer
Librettist
Based On
the comedic play by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
San Diego, CA
Venue
San Diego Fox Theatre
Season
1953
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Cast
Count Almaviva
Figaro, the Barber of Seville
Doctor Bartolo, a physician
Rosina, his ward
Don Basilio, a music master
Berta, Rosina's governess
Fiorello, servant to the Count
Officer
Ambrogio, Doctor Bartolo's servant
Show Dates
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 Company General Director Gaetano Merola died on August 20th, while conducting
Butterfly's "Un bel dì" in San Francisco's Stern Grove. The entire 1953 season
was labeled "Gaetano Merola, 1879-1953 -- In Memoriam."
In the lesson scene on October 14th, Miss Simionato sings Rossini's original aria.
The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those.