Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

165 mins | Comedy, Music | March 24, 2007

Audiences went wild for Bartlett Sher’s dynamic production, which found fresh and surprising ways to bring Rossini’s effervescent comedy closer to them than ever before. The stellar cast leapt to the challenge with irresistible energy and bravura vocalism. Juan Diego Flórez is Count Almaviva, who fires off showstopping coloratura as he woos Joyce DiDonato’s spirited Rosina—with assistance from Peter Mattei as the one and only Figaro, Seville’s beloved barber and man-about-town.

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

165 mins | Comedy, Music | March 24, 2007

Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Audiences went wild for Bartlett Sher’s dynamic production, which found fresh and surprising ways to bring Rossini’s effervescent comedy closer to them than ever before. The stellar cast leapt to the challenge with irresistible energy and bravura vocalism. Juan Diego Flórez is Count Almaviva, who fires off showstopping coloratura as he woos Joyce DiDonato’s spirited Rosina—with assistance from Peter Mattei as the one and only Figaro, Seville’s beloved barber and man-about-town.
Producers The Metropolitan Opera
Original title Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Directors Bartlett Sher, Gary Halvorson
Writers Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Cesare Sterbini

Cast

Joyce DiDonato

as Rosina

Juan Diego Flórez

as Count Almaviva / Lindoro

Peter Mattei

as Figaro

John del Carlo

as Dr. Bartolo

John Relyea

as Don Basilio

Mark Schowalter

as An officer of the law

Rob Besserer

as Ambrogio

Brian Davis

as Fiorello