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 1935 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Antonio Dell'Orefice Cast Count Almaviva Tito Schipa Figaro, the Barber of Seville Richard Bonelli Doctor Bartolo Louis D'Angelo Rosina, his ward Josephine Tumminia Don Basilio, a music master Ezio Pinza Bertha Eva Gruninger Fiorello John Howell Officer Marek Windheim Show Dates Mon, Nov 25 1935, 8:15pm Time and Place Seventeenth Century; in Seville Scenes Act I -- A Street in Seville, Early Morning Act II -- A Room in Doctor Bartolo's House Act III -- The same Media Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Basilio) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Choristers Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Eva Gruninger (Berta) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Basilio),Ttito Schipa (Almaviva) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Josephine Tumminia (Rosina) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Tito Schipa (Almaviva), Josephine Tumminia (Rosina) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Josephine Tumminia (Rosina) Credit Morton Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Tito Schipa (Almaviva) Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1935_02_compressed.pdf (6.8 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Basilio) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Choristers Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Eva Gruninger (Berta) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Basilio),Ttito Schipa (Almaviva) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Josephine Tumminia (Rosina) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Tito Schipa (Almaviva), Josephine Tumminia (Rosina) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Josephine Tumminia (Rosina) Credit Morton
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Tito Schipa (Almaviva) Credit Morton