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 1954 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Eugen Szenkar Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Chorus Director Leo Mueller Cast Count Almaviva Hans Hotter Countess Almaviva Licia Albanese Susanna, Maid to the Countess Rosanna Carteri Figaro, valet to the Count Cesare Siepi Cherubino, page to the Count Dorothy Warenskjold Doctor Bartolo, rejected lover of Susanna Salvatore Baccaloni Marcellina, Bartolo's housekeeper Elinor Warren Don Basilio, a busy-body Alessio De Paolis Antonio, a gardener George Cehanovsky Barbarina, his daughter Yola Casselle Don Curzio, a Judge Caesar Curzi First Peasant Girl Eileen Scott(10/12) Lydia Ring(10/17) Second Peasant Girl Ruth Roehr Show Dates Tue, Oct 12 1954, 8pm Sun, Oct 17 1954, 2pm 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_1954_10_compressed.pdf (8.27 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Program remark: The action is a continuation of "The Barber of Seville"