Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Lyric mezzo-soprano role (sometimes sung by a soprano). She is Dr Bartolo's housekeeper.
Year
Artist
1925
Elinor Marlo
1926
1929
1935
1936
1938
1939
1976
Nina Hinson
1941
1982 sum
Regina Sarfat
1950
1953
1965
1968
1992 sum
Patricia Racette
Herta Glaz
Irra Petinai
Janice Moudry
1963
1996-1997
1942
1945
Claramae Turner
1948
1958
Katherine Hilgenberg
Sona Cervena
2003-4 Jan
Bertha
1987
Susan Neves
Catherine Cook
2003-2004
Elinor Marlo
Lenore Ivey
Eva Gruninger
Catherine Cook
Catherine Cook
Irra Petinai
Claramae Turner
Claramae Turner
Sona Cervena
Sona Cervena
1982 sum
Evelyn de la Rosa
Eva Gruninger
Eva Gruninger
2006-2007
Catherine Cook
Gioacchino Rossini
Comic bass role who does not sing.

Doctor Bartolo's servant, who puts Vespa back together.
Year
Artist
1976
Colin Harvey
1982 sum
Colin Harvey
1950
1953
1965
1968
1992 sum
Luis Oropeza
Colin Harvey
1963
1996-1997
1958
2003-4 Jan
Ambrogio
1987
Paul Gudas
2003-2004
Bojan Knezevic
2006-2007
Lyric baritone role.
Count Almaviva's servant.
Year
Artist
1925
1926
1929
1935
1936
1938
1939
1976
Wayne Turnage
1941
1982 sum
Stanley Wexler
1950
1953
1965
1968
1992 sum
Hector Vasquez
George Cehanovsky
Alessio De Paolis
1963
1996-1997
1942
1945
Alessio De Paolis
1948
1958
John Gillaspy
Russell Christopher
2003-4 Jan
Fiorello
1987
Mark Delavan
2003-2004
Lodovico Oliviero
Austin W. Sperry
John Howell
Hugh Russell
John Autry
George Cehanovsky
George Cehanovsky
Adib Fazah
Allan Monk
Eva Gruninger
2006-2007
Eugene Brancoveanu
Bass baritone role.
Year
Artist
2003-4 Jan
Magistrate
2003-2004
Brad Alexander
2006-2007
Jeremy Galyon
Lodovico Oliviero
Lodovico Oliviero
Lodovico Oliviero
George Cehanovsky
1996-1997
Bojan Knezevic
Hugh Russell
Brad Alexander
2006-2007
William Pickersgill
Ricardo Herrera
Ricardo Herrera
Ricardo Herrera
Colin Harvey
Colin Harvey
Colin Harvey
Colin Harvey
Colin Harvey
1948
Alessio De Paolis
The usual suspects — old timers, Adler fellows and Merola grads — included Catherine Cook's grumpy Berta and Ricardo Herrera's scene-stealing Ambrogio/ Review
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Adler Fellow Eugene Brancoveanu turned in yet another high-octane performance -(two of them this time, first as Fiorello, then as the police sergeant). It's past time for him to get the lead role he deserves./ Review: '06-
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Colin Harvey
1972 (spot)
Donna Petersen
1972 (spot)
Richard Lombardi
1972 (spot)
1972*(spot) Fiorello's "employer be damned" recitative at the end of the first scene was included, as it almost never is in Barber performances. * Reviews from Arthur Bloomfield's 1922-1978 The San Francisco Opera.
Kudos, too, for the ever-reliable Catherine Cook as Berta. She took a star’s turn with the aria
“Il vecchiotto cerca moglie.”
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Il vecchiotto cerca moglie
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