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 1941 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Giacomo Spadoni Cast Count Almaviva Franco Perulli Figaro, the Barber of Seville Lawrence Tibbett Doctor Bartolo, a physician Salvatore Baccaloni Rosina, his ward Bidú Sayão Don Basilio, a music master Ezio Pinza Berta, Rosina's governess Irra Petina Fiorello, servant to the Count George Cehanovsky Officer Anthony Marlowe Show Dates Wed, Oct 22 1941, 8:15pm 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, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Bidu Sayao (Rosina), Franco Perulli (Almaviva) Credit Morton Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo), Ezio Pinza (Basliio) Credit Morton Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo), Ezio Pinza (Basilio) Credit Morton Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Franco Perulli (Almaviva), Anthony Marlowe (Officer) Credit Morton Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Franco Perulli (Almaviva), Lawrence Tibbett (Figaro) Credit Morton Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Irra Petina (Berta), Ezio Pinza (Basillio), Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo), Lawrence Tibbett (Figaro) Credit Morton Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Bidu Sayao (Rosina), Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo) Credit Morton Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Figaro), Bidu Sayao (Rosina), Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo) Credit Lackenbach Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Bidu Sayao (Rosina), Lawrence Tibbett (Figaro) Credit Lackenbach Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Figaro), Bidu Sayao (Rosina), Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo) Credit Lackenbach Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo), Bidu Sayao (Rosina), Rehearsal Credit Unknown Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Franco Perulli (Almaviva), Irra Petina (Berta), Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo) Credit Unknown Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Basilio), Gaetano Merola (Conductor), Bidu Sayao (Rosina), George Chenovsky (Fiorello), Franco Perulli (Almaviva), Irra Petina (Berta) Credit Unknown Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Basillio), Gaetano Merola (Conductor), Bidu Sayao (Rosina) Credit Unknown Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Basillio), George Cehanovsky (Fiorello), Bidy Sayao (Rosina), Franco Perulli (Almaviva), Irra Petina (Berta), Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo), Anthony Marlowe (Officer) Credit Unknown Notes Program note: The number sung by Bidù Sayao in the lesson scene Act II is "L'Inutil Precauzione," Arietta by Pietro Cimara.
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Bidu Sayao (Rosina), Franco Perulli (Almaviva) Credit Morton
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo), Ezio Pinza (Basliio) Credit Morton
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo), Ezio Pinza (Basilio) Credit Morton
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Franco Perulli (Almaviva), Anthony Marlowe (Officer) Credit Morton
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Franco Perulli (Almaviva), Lawrence Tibbett (Figaro) Credit Morton
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Irra Petina (Berta), Ezio Pinza (Basillio), Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo), Lawrence Tibbett (Figaro) Credit Morton
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Bidu Sayao (Rosina), Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo) Credit Morton
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Figaro), Bidu Sayao (Rosina), Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo) Credit Lackenbach
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Bidu Sayao (Rosina), Lawrence Tibbett (Figaro) Credit Lackenbach
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Figaro), Bidu Sayao (Rosina), Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo) Credit Lackenbach
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo), Bidu Sayao (Rosina), Rehearsal Credit Unknown
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Franco Perulli (Almaviva), Irra Petina (Berta), Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo) Credit Unknown
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Basilio), Gaetano Merola (Conductor), Bidu Sayao (Rosina), George Chenovsky (Fiorello), Franco Perulli (Almaviva), Irra Petina (Berta) Credit Unknown
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Basillio), Gaetano Merola (Conductor), Bidu Sayao (Rosina) Credit Unknown
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Basillio), George Cehanovsky (Fiorello), Bidy Sayao (Rosina), Franco Perulli (Almaviva), Irra Petina (Berta), Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo), Anthony Marlowe (Officer) Credit Unknown