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 1966 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Jascha Horenstein Production Paul Hager Designer Leni Bauer-Ecsy Thomas L. Colangelo, Jr.(resident designer) Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Zachary Solov Recitative accompaniment Philip Eisenberg Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Figaro Geraint Evans Susanna Reri Grist Dr. Bartolo Ramon Vinay Marcellina Sona Cervena Cherubino Lee Venora Count Almaviva Thomas Stewart Don Basilio David Thaw Countess Almaviva Claire Watson Antonio David Giosso Don Curzio Raymond Manton Barbarina Gwen Curatilo First Peasant Girl Catherine Christensen Second Peasant Girl Carol Kirkpatrick Show Dates Sat, Oct 29 1966, 8pm Tue, Nov 1 1966, 8pm Sun, Nov 6 1966, 2pm Thu, Nov 10 1966, 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 Media Image Le Nozze di Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Reri Grist (Susanna), Lee Venora (Cherubino), Geraint Evans (Figaro Credit Mason Jones Image Le Nozze di Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. David Thaw (Basilio), Sona Cervena (Marcellina), Thomas Stewart (Almaviva), Ramon Vinay (Dr. Bartolo) Credit Mason Jones Image Le Nozze di Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. Claire Watson (The Countess), Geraint Evans (Figaro), Reri Grist (Susanna) Credit Cahen Image Le Nozze di Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Reri Grist (Susanna), Thomas Stewart (Almaviva) Credit Norton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1966_08_compressed.pdf (10.64 MB) Acknowledgements The production of "Le Nozze di Figaro" was aided by a contribution from the San Francisco Opera Guild Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image Le Nozze di Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Reri Grist (Susanna), Lee Venora (Cherubino), Geraint Evans (Figaro Credit Mason Jones
Image Le Nozze di Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. David Thaw (Basilio), Sona Cervena (Marcellina), Thomas Stewart (Almaviva), Ramon Vinay (Dr. Bartolo) Credit Mason Jones
Image Le Nozze di Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. Claire Watson (The Countess), Geraint Evans (Figaro), Reri Grist (Susanna) Credit Cahen
Image Le Nozze di Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Reri Grist (Susanna), Thomas Stewart (Almaviva) Credit Norton