The Marriage of Figaro Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte Based On the comedy by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1947 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor William Steinberg Stage Director(s) William Wymetal Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Figaro, the Barber, valet of the Count Ezio Pinza Count Almaviva, a Spanish noble Martial Singher Countess Almaviva, his wife Florence Quartararo Susanna, Maid to the Countess Bidú Sayão Cherubino, page to the Countess Herta Glaz Marcellina, servant to Bartolo Claramae Turner Barbarina, Basilio's cousin Martina Zubiri Doctor Bartolo, rejected lover of Susanna Salvatore Baccaloni Antonio, a gardener Desire Ligeti Don Basilio, a busy-body Alessio De Paolis Don Curzio, a Judge Leslie Chabay Peasant girl Delphia Phillips Mary Jane Gray Show Dates Wed, Oct 22 1947, 8pm 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 Program remark: The action is a direct continuation of "The Barber of Seville" Corps de Ballet