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Grisha Martirosyan & Siphokazi Molteno lead Calgary Opera’s ‘The Barber of Seville’

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Calgary Opera is set to close its season with Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville.” The production, which is set to be performed at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium from April 18 – 24, 2026, will star Grisha Martirosyan, Siphokazi Molteno, John Tessier, Dion Mazerolle, and Adam Lau. Daniela Musca conducts the production by Elizabeth Tarhan. In a statement Stepkowski Tarhan {…}

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Dean Murphy Lead San Diego Opera’s ‘The Barber of Seville’

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The San Diego Opera is set to perform Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville”  at the San Diego Civic Theatre. The production, which is set to be performed on Feb. 13, 14 & 15, 2026 will star Dean Murphy as Figaro in his house debut, Stephanie Doche as Rosina, Minghao Liu as Count Almaviva, Patrick Carfizzi as Doctor Bartolo, Craig Colclough {…}

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Dave Monaco & Deepa Johnny Headline Canadian Opera Company’s ‘The Barber of Seville’

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(Credit: Michael Cooper) The Canadian Opera Company is set to present “The Barber of Seville.” Th opera will be performed between Feb. 5 and 21, 2026  and will be directed by Joan Font, the founding member of the Spanish street theatre troupe Els Comediants. The production will include set and costume designs by Joan Guillén, lighting designed by Albert Faura and {…}

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Central City Opera Adds Performance of ‘The Barber of Seville’

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The Central City Opera has added a performance of Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville.” The company said that due to overwhelming demand for this year’s production, the additional performance will take place on July 31, 2025, at 2 p.m. In a statement, Adam Scurto, Managing Director of External Affairs at Central City Opera said, “The demand for this production has {…}

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Royal Danish Opera 2025 Review: The Barber of Seville

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(Photo: Miklos Szabo) It is well known that the premiere night of “The Barber of Seville” was a resounding failure. A series of onstage mishaps, boos from the audience, and even a black cat crossing the stage forced Gioachino Rossini to flee the theater to avoid, in his own words, “being killed by the audience for their unbridled passion.” Yet {…}

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Central City Opera Announces Cast for ‘The Barber of Seville’

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The Central City Opera has announced the cast for Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville.” The star-studded cast of the production will feature a host of performers who have graced the stage everywhere from Seattle to Salzburg, from Minnesota Opera to the Metropolitan Opera. The Creative Team will be led by Eric Sean Fogel who directs at Central City for the first {…}

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Opera Australia 2025 Review: The Barber of Seville

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(Photo credit: Keith Saunders) One of the benefits of reviewing operas is the opportunity to take guests whose experience of opera may be comparatively recent, and whose reactions are refreshingly unbound by preconceptions. At the end of scene one of Opera Australia’s “The Barber of Seville” at Sydney Opera House on Saturday January the 18th my guest on the night {…}

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Lyric Opera of Kansas City 2024-25 Review: The Barber of Seville

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(Photo: “The Barber of Seville” debuted just over 200 years ago in Rome. The opera played to a jeering audience, a staged event where adherents of the composer Giovanni Paisiello – whose own version of the opera, “Il barbiere di Siviglia, ovvero La precauzione inutile” had pleased operagoers 20 years earlier – packed the house and catcalled throughout the premiere {…}