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 1929 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimini Chorus Master Antonio Dell'Orefice Stage and technical director Armando Agnini Cast Count Almaviva Tito Schipa Doctor Bartolo Pompilio Malatesta Rosina, his ward Nina Morgana Figaro, the Barber of Seville Giuseppe De Luca Don Basilio, a music master Leon Rothier Berta, Rosina's governess Lenore Ivey Fiorello, servant to the Count Austin W. Sperry Officer Ludovico Oliviero Show Dates Wed, Sep 18 1929, 8:15pm Time and Place Seville in the seventeenth century Scenes Act I -- A street in Seville, early morning Act II -- A room in Doctor Bartolo's house Act III -- The same Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1929_02_compressed.pdf (7.56 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------