Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

161 mins | Comedy, Music | April 30, 2001

Live performance from Zürich Opera House, 2001. “Vesselina Kasarova’s Rosina turned this Barber into a major event. Pearling coloratura, endless resources of vocal colour and nuance and phenomenal acting versatility became mere means to an end: that of making Rosina into a human being of flesh and blood, with heart, humour and considerable brains.

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

161 mins | Comedy, Music | April 30, 2001

Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Live performance from Zürich Opera House, 2001. “Vesselina Kasarova’s Rosina turned this Barber into a major event. Pearling coloratura, endless resources of vocal colour and nuance and phenomenal acting versatility became mere means to an end: that of making Rosina into a human being of flesh and blood, with heart, humour and considerable brains.
Producers Opernhaus Zurich
Original title Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Directors Grischa Asagaroff, Felix Breisach
Writers Cesare Sterbini

Cast

Vesselina Kasarova

as Rosina

Reinaldo Macias

as Count Almaviva, alias Lindoro

Manuel Lanza

as Figaro

Carlos Chausson

as Doctor Bartolo

Nicolai Ghiaurov

as Don Basilio

Valeriy Murga

as Fiorello / An officer of the law

Kenneth Robertson

as Ambrogio

Nello Santi

as Conductor