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Serena Malfi

Rosina

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Michele Angelini

The Count of Almaviva

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Lucas Meachem

Figaro

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Alessandro Corbelli

Doctor Bartolo

Maurizio Muraro

Don Basilio

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Janis Kelly

Berta

Wyn Pencarreg

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Donaldson Bell

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Andrew Macnair

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Mark Elder

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Moshe Leiser

Patrice Caurier

Royal Opera House

Il barbiere di Siviglia -  (The Barber of Seville)

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The Barber of Seville

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Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s production of Rossini’s sparkling comedy is full of wit and energy. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/barbiereThe 23-...

The Barber of Seville trailer (The Royal Opera)

Joyce DiDonato as Rosina, Juan Diego Flórez as Count Almaviva,  Pietro Spagnoli as Figaro, Alessandro Corbelli as Doctor Bartolo, Ferruccio Furlanetto as Don Basilio, Jennifer Rhys-Davies as Berta and men of the Royal Opera Chorus in 'Mi par d'esser con la testa' from the Act I finale of Gioachino Rossini's opera Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville).
Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/barbiere


The 23-year-old Gioachino Rossini completed his masterpiece Il barbiere di Siviglia incredibly quickly – legend has it in just 13 days – which Rossini attributed to ‘facility and lots of instinct’. He drew on Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais’ play Le Barbier de Seville – part of a dramatic trilogy that also inspired Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. The opera is characterized by youthful energy and bold wit: qualities brought to the fore in Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s colourful production.

Il barbiere di Siviglia has all the ingredients for comic chaos: an imprisoned young woman, her lecherous guardian and a young noble suitor. Skilfully plotting behind the scenes is Figaro – an irrepressible and inventive character in whom many have seen a resemblance to the young Rossini himself. The score fizzes with musical brilliance, from Figaro’s famous entrance aria ‘Largo al factotum’ to the frenzy of the Act I finale, when the five principal voices pile on top of each other. Within a few decades of its 1816 premiere, Il barbiere di Siviglia had been toured round the world, reaching opera houses in New York, Buenos Aires, Trinidad and Ecuador. It has remained one of the most prominent and popular operas in the repertory.

The Barber of Seville - Act I Finale (Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez, The Royal Opera)

The Barber of Seville by Rossini, From (2014/2014), Directed by Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier,, Conductor Mark Elder, Royal Opera House, London, United Kingdom

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