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 1968 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Aldo Faldi Stage Director(s) Ghita Hager Designer Alfred Siercke Thomas L. Colangelo, Jr.(resident designer) Chorus Director Dietrich Erbelding Recitative accompaniment Philip Eisenberg Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Fiorello Allan Monk Count Almaviva Pietro Bottazzo Doctor Bartolo Renato Capecchi Figaro Ingvar Wixell Rosina Teresa Berganza Don Basilio Nicola Rossi-Lemeni Berta Sona Cervena First Officer Robert Glover Ambrogio Colin Harvey Notary Ernest Wright Second officer Stephen Janzen Show Dates Sat, Sep 14 1968, 8pm Tue, Sep 17 1968, 8pm Fri, Sep 20 1968, 8pm Wed, Sep 25 1968, 8pm Sun, Sep 29 1968, 2pm Time and Place Doctor Bartolo's house in Seville, 1840 Scenes (Scene breakdown not specified) Media Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Cecil Thompson/San Francisco Opera. Teresa Berganza (Rosina), Pietro Bottazzo (Almaviva) Credit Thompson Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Pietro Bottazzo (Almaviva), Teresa Berganza (Rosina) Credit Norton Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Ingvar Wixel (Figaro), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Don Basilio), Renato Capecchi (Dr. Bartolo) Credit Norton Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Teresa Berganza (Rosina), Ingvar Wixell (Figaro), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Don Basilio), Renato Capecchi (Dr. Bartolo), Pietro Bottazzo (Almaviva) Credit Norton Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Ingvar Wixell (Figaro) Credit Unknown Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Unknown Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1968_01_compressed.pdf (15.45 MB) 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. --------------------- "In the year of the Rossini centennial"
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Cecil Thompson/San Francisco Opera. Teresa Berganza (Rosina), Pietro Bottazzo (Almaviva) Credit Thompson
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Pietro Bottazzo (Almaviva), Teresa Berganza (Rosina) Credit Norton
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Ingvar Wixel (Figaro), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Don Basilio), Renato Capecchi (Dr. Bartolo) Credit Norton
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Teresa Berganza (Rosina), Ingvar Wixell (Figaro), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Don Basilio), Renato Capecchi (Dr. Bartolo), Pietro Bottazzo (Almaviva) Credit Norton
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Ingvar Wixell (Figaro) Credit Unknown
Image Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioachino Rossini. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Unknown