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 Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House 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(10/6, 11, 25) William Whitesides(10/7) Doctor Bartolo Ramon Vinay(10/6) Andrew Foldi(10/7, 11, 25) Figaro, a barber Richard Fredricks(10/6, 25) Heinz Blankenburg(10/7, 11) Rosina, Doctor Bartolo's ward Reri Grist(10/6) Jolanda Meneguzzer(10/7, 11, 25) Don Basilio, a music master Ugo Trama(10/6, 25) Joshua Hecht(10/7, 11) Berta, Dr. Bartolo's housekeeper Sona Cervena(10/6) Claramae Turner(10/7, 11, 25) First Officer Robert Glover Ambrogio, Doctor Bartolo's servant Colin Harvey Notary James Wagner Second officer Richard Styles Commentator Alexander Fried Show Dates Wed, Oct 6 1965, 1:30pm Thu, Oct 7 1965, 1:30pm Mon, Oct 11 1965, 1:30pm Mon, Oct 25 1965, 1:30pm 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