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
Venue
Orpheum Theatre
Season
1996-1997
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Bruno Campanella
Patrick Summers(10/11, 19, 24, 26m)
Stage Director(s)
John Copley
Associate Director
Brad Dalton
Set Designer(s)
Alfred Siercke
Costume Designer(s)
David Walker
Lighting Designer
Joan Arhelger
Chorus Director
Ian Robertson
Musical Preparation
Peter Grunberg
Joyce Fieldsend
Bryndon Hassman
Adelle Eslinger
Ernest Fredric Knell
Recitative accompaniment
Joyce Fieldsend(10/11, 19, 24, 26m)
Peter Grunberg
Supertitles
Christopher Bergen
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Kristine McIntyre
Stage Manager(s)
Jerry Sherk

Cast

Fiorello
John Robert Autry
Bojan Knežević(10/11,19,24,26m)
Count Almaviva
Bruce Ford(10/10,13m)
Roberto Saccà(10/11,18,20m,23,26e,28)
Jorge Lopez-Yañez(10/19,24.26m)
Figaro
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Earle Patriarco(10/11,19,24,26m)
Rosina
Jennifer Larmore
Mika Shigematsu(10/11,19,24,26m)
Doctor Bartolo
John Del Carlo
Steven Condy(10/11,19,24,26m)
Don Basilio
Alastair Miles
Chester Patton(10/11,19,24,26m)
Berta
Catherine Cook
Ambrogio
Bojan Knežević
Officer
David Okerlund
Notary
Louis Schilling

Show Dates

Time and Place

Eighteenth-century Seville

Scenes

Act I -- Dawn
Act II -- Afternoon

Media

Sponsors

The performance of October 19th is sponsored by the Hendrickson family in honor of the Supernumeraries and in memory of Joseph Scott Hendrickson.

The performance of October 28th is designated in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Myron Du Bain's membership in the Triple Gold Circle.

Acknowledgements

This production is made possible by a generous grant from the L.J. and Mary C. Skaggs foundation.

Notes

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop