Il Barbiere di Siviglia

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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
1965
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Piero Bellugi
Production
Günther Rennert
Stage Director(s)
Matthew Farruggio
Designer
Alfred Siercke
Thomas L. Colangelo, Jr.(resident designer)
Chorus Director
Vincenzo Giannini
Recitative accompaniment
Philip Eisenberg
Costumers
Goldstein & Co.

Cast

Fiorello, servant to Count Almaviva
Adib Fazah
Count Almaviva
Alexander Young
Doctor Bartolo
Ramon Vinay
Figaro, a barber
Richard Fredricks(10/7, 8)
Heinz Blankenburg(10/24)
Rosina, Doctor Bartolo's ward
Reri Grist(10/7, 8)
Jolanda Meneguzzer(10/24)
Don Basilio, a music master
Ugo Trama
Berta, Dr. Bartolo's housekeeper
Sona Cervena(10/7, 8)
Claramae Turner(10/24)
First Officer
Robert Glover
Ambrogio, Doctor Bartolo's servant
Colin Harvey
Notary
James Wagner
Second officer
Richard Styles

Show Dates

Time and Place

Dr. Bartolo's house in Seville, 1840

Scenes

(no scene breakdown was published)

Media

Acknowledgements

The production of "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" was donated to the San Francisco Opera Association by the San Francisco Opera Guild in 1963

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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