Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

168 mins | Nov. 22, 2014

A youthful cast brings Rossini’s immortal comedy to sparkling life, led by Christopher Maltman as Figaro, the resourceful barber and man-about-town of the title. The lovely Isabel Leonard is Rosina, the clever young woman at the center of the story, and Lawrence Brownlee sings Count Almaviva, the man who loves her and—with Figaro’s help—rescues her from the house of her elderly and smitten guardian, Bartolo, played by Maurizio Muraro. Paata Burchuladze is the bumbling music master Basilio, and rising conductor and bel canto specialist Michele Mariotti leads the Met’s musical forces in Bartlett Sher’s lively production.

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

168 mins | Nov. 22, 2014

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
A youthful cast brings Rossini’s immortal comedy to sparkling life, led by Christopher Maltman as Figaro, the resourceful barber and man-about-town of the title. The lovely Isabel Leonard is Rosina, the clever young woman at the center of the story, and Lawrence Brownlee sings Count Almaviva, the man who loves her and—with Figaro’s help—rescues her from the house of her elderly and smitten guardian, Bartolo, played by Maurizio Muraro. Paata Burchuladze is the bumbling music master Basilio, and rising conductor and bel canto specialist Michele Mariotti leads the Met’s musical forces in Bartlett Sher’s lively production.
Producers The Metropolitan Opera
Original title Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Directors Kathleen Smith Belcher
Writers Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Cesare Sterbini

Cast

Isabel Leonard

as Rosina

Maurizio Muraro

as Dr. Bartolo

Paata Burchuladze

as Don Basilio

Lawrence Brownlee

as Count Almaviva

Yunpeng Wang

as Fiorello

Claudia Waite

as Berta

Rob Besserer

as Ambrogio

Dennis Petersen

as An Officer