The Marriage of Figaro
Composer
Librettist
Based On
the comedy by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Venue
Shrine Auditorium
Season
1940
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Master
Designer
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
Show Dates
Time and Place
Seventh (sic) century; near Seville
Scenes
Act I -- Unused Room in the Château of Count Almaviva
Act II -- Apartment of the Countess
Act III -- Throne Room in the Château
Act IV -- Garden of the Château
Notes
The performance starting time is a guess; no printed programs were included in the 1940 programs volume. Other details were arrived at from accounting records.