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 Civic Auditorium Season 1926 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimini Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Cast Rosina Florence Macbeth Count Almaviva Tito Schipa Figaro Richard Bonelli Doctor Bartolo Vittorio Trevisan Don Basilio Marcel Journet Fiorello Lodovico Oliviero Officer Lodovico Oliviero Berta Elinor Marlo Show Dates Sat, Sep 25 1926, 8pm Time and Place Seville Scenes Act I -- Square before the house of Doctor Bartolo Act II -- Chamber of Dr. Bartolo Act III -- The house of Dr. Bartolo Notes The curtain time is a guess; no printed information was available.