| Il Barbiere di Siviglia |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2003-2004 |
| Elinor Marlo |
| Lenore Ivey |
| Eva Gruninger |
| Irra Petinai |
| Claramae Turner |
| Claramae Turner |
| Sona Cervena |
| Sona Cervena |
| 1982 sum |
| Evelyn de la Rosa |
| Eva Gruninger |
| Eva Gruninger |
| 2006-2007 |
| 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 |
| Bass baritone role. |
| Year |
| Artist |
| 2003-4 Jan |
| Magistrate |
| 2003-2004 |
| Brad Alexander |
| 2006-2007 |
| 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.” Review |
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