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 1958 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Chorus Director Gianni Lazzari Choreographer Eugene Loring Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Count Almaviva Giuseppe Modesti Countess Almaviva Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Susanna, Maid to the Countess Eugenia Ratti Figaro, valet to the Count Rolando Panerai Cherubino, page to the Count Cecilia Ward Doctor Bartolo Richard Wentworth Marcellina, Bartolo's housekeeper Katherine Hilgenberg Don Basilio, a music master Howard Fried Antonio, a gardener Eugene Green Barbarina, his daughter Joan Marie Moynagh Don Curzio, a Judge Raymond Manton First Peasant Girl Louise Oldt Second Peasant Girl Margot Blum Show Dates Tue, Oct 21 1958, 8pm Thu, Oct 23 1958, 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 INTERMISSION Act III -- Throne room in the chateau Act IV -- Garden of the chateau Media Image Le Nozze di Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1958. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Eugenia Ratti (Susanna), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (The Countess) Credit Bill Cogan Image Le Nozze di Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1958. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (The Countess), Eugenia Ratti (Susanna), Rolando Panerai (Figaro), Giuseppe Modesti (Count Almaviva), Unknown, Katherine Hilgenberg (Marcelina) Credit Bill Cogan
Image Le Nozze di Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1958. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Eugenia Ratti (Susanna), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (The Countess) Credit Bill Cogan
Image Le Nozze di Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1958. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (The Countess), Eugenia Ratti (Susanna), Rolando Panerai (Figaro), Giuseppe Modesti (Count Almaviva), Unknown, Katherine Hilgenberg (Marcelina) Credit Bill Cogan