The Barber of Seville Composer Gioachino Rossini Librettist Cesare Sterbini Based On the comedic play by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais Company Spring Opera Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1962 Language English Creative/Crew Conductor Karl Kritz Stage Director(s) Elemer Nagy Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumes Goldstein & Co. Cast Fiorello, servant to Count Almaviva Donald Drain Count Almaviva Raymond Manton Doctor Bartolo Herbert Beattie Figaro, a barber Richard Fredricks Rosina, Doctor Bartolo's ward Marilyn Horne Don Basilio, a music master John Macurdy Ambrosio Colin Harvey Notary Colin Harvey Officer Orva Hoskinson Bertha Dorothy Cole Show Dates Fri, May 11 1962, 8pm Sat, May 12 1962, 8pm Time and Place Seventeenth century; Seville Scenes Act I -- A street Act II -- A room in Doctor Bartolo's house Act III -- The same Notes Spring Opera of San Francisco New translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin