The Marriage of Figaro
Composer
Librettist
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
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
Herta Glaz(9/29)
Dorothy Warenskjold(10/4)
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
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1950_08_compressed.pdf
(6.73 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT We again acknowledge with grateful appreciation the generously donated use of the Emporium auditorium and facilities for chorus rehearsals this year which meant both a great convenience and a substantial saving to the Opera Company.
We also desire to express our deep gratitude to Miss Alice Hager for her splendid gift of French period furniture. SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION