Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Royal Opera House Covent Garden (2014) - Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Royal Opera House Covent Garden (2014)

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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.

More information is available on the operahouse's official website.

Schedule

September 19, 2014 19:00:00

September 22, 2014 19:00:00

September 25, 2014 19:00:00

September 29, 2014 19:00:00

October 02, 2014 19:00:00

October 05, 2014 19:00:00

Casting

Moshe Leiser

Patrice Caurier

Mark Elder

Michele Angelini

Lucas Meachem

Alessandro Corbelli

Maurizio Muraro

Janis Kelly

Serena Malfi

Wyn Pencarreg

Work's characters list

Director

Director

Conductor

Il Conte d'Almaviva

Figaro

Il Dottor Bartolo

Basilio

Berta

Rosina

Fiorello

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