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 1938 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master William Tyroler Cast Count Almaviva Dino Borgioli Figaro, the Barber of Seville Carlo Tagliabue Doctor Bartolo, a physician Salvatore Baccaloni Rosina, his ward Janine Micheau Don Basilio, a music master Norman Cordon Berta, Rosina's governess Eva Gruninger Fiorello, servant to the Count Ludovico Oliviero Officer Ludovico Oliviero Show Dates Sun, Oct 23 1938, 2:15pm 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 Media Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Eva Gruninger (Berta), Janine Micheau (Rosina), Norman Cordon (Basilio), Salvatore Bacaloni (Bartolo), Carlo Tagliabue (Almaviva) Credit Morton Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo), Norman Cordon (Basilio) Credit Morton Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo), Norman Cordon (Basilio) Credit Morton Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Carlo Tagliabue (Figaro) Credit Morton Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Janine Micheau (Rosina) Credit Morton Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Janine Micheau (Rosina) Credit Morton Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Norman Cordon (Basilio), Janine Micheau (Rosina) Credit Morton Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo) Credit Morton
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Eva Gruninger (Berta), Janine Micheau (Rosina), Norman Cordon (Basilio), Salvatore Bacaloni (Bartolo), Carlo Tagliabue (Almaviva) Credit Morton
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo), Norman Cordon (Basilio) Credit Morton
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo), Norman Cordon (Basilio) Credit Morton
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Carlo Tagliabue (Figaro) Credit Morton
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Janine Micheau (Rosina) Credit Morton
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Janine Micheau (Rosina) Credit Morton
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Norman Cordon (Basilio), Janine Micheau (Rosina) Credit Morton
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo) Credit Morton