The Marriage of Figaro
Composer
Librettist
Based On
the comedy by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Fresno, CA
Venue
Fresno Memorial Auditorium
Season
1950
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Technical Director
Cast
Figaro, the Barber, valet of the Count
Count Almaviva, a Spanish noble
Countess Almaviva, his wife
Susanna, Maid to the Countess
Cherubino, page to the Countess
Marcellina, servant to Bartolo
Barbarina, Basilio's cousin
Doctor Bartolo, rejected lover of Susanna
Antonio, a gardener
Don Basilio, a busy-body
Don Curzio, a Judge
First Peasant Girl
Second Peasant Girl
Show Dates
Time and Place
Seventeenth Century; near Seville
Scenes
Act I -- Unused Room in the Chateau of Count Almaviva
Act II -- Apartment of the Countess
Act III -- Throne Room in the Chateau
Act IV -- Garden of the Chateau
Notes
Corps de Ballet
This Fresno performance of the San Francisco Opera on tour is remarkable
because that's where Renata Tebaldi sang her first Countess. It was also
the only time she sang a Mozart role in the United States.