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 1964 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Ferdinand Leitner Production Paul Hager Designer Leni Bauer-Ecsy Thomas L. Colangelo, Jr.(resident designer) Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Zachary Solov Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Figaro, Count Almaviva's valet Geraint Evans Susanna, Figaro's fiancée and Countess Almaviva's maid Reri Grist Dr. Bartolo Andrew Foldi Marcellina, Bartolo's housekeeper Erika Wien Cherubino, page to the Count Lee Venora Count Almaviva Eberhard Waechter Don Basilio, a music master Howard Fried Countess Almaviva Pilar Lorengar Antonio, a gardener Pietro Menci Don Curzio, a Judge Raymond Manton Barbarina, Antonio's daughter Gwen Curatilo Peasant girl Joyce Hall Claudia White Show Dates Sat, Nov 21 1964, 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 Acknowledgements The production of "Le Nozze di Figaro" was aided by a contribution from the San Francisco Opera Guild Notes Corps de Ballet