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 Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1946 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor William Steinberg Stage Director(s) Dino Yannopoulos Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Figaro, the Barber, valet of the Count Ezio Pinza Count Almaviva, a Spanish noble John Brownlee Countess Almaviva, his wife Stella Roman Susanna, Maid to the Countess Bidú Sayão Cherubino, page to the Countess Jarmila Novotná Marcellina, servant to Bartolo Herta Glaz Barbarina, Basilio's cousin Muriel Demers 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 John Garris First Peasant Girl Martina Zubiri Second Peasant Girl Geraldine Viti Show Dates Fri, Oct 18 1946, 8pm Time and Place Seventeenth 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 Program note: The action is a direct continuation of "The Barber of Seville."