The Houston Grand Opera has announced a cast change for its production of “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” The company said that bass-baritones Ryan Speedo Green and Cory McGee will share the role of Don Basilio replacing Luca Pisaroni, who is unable to make the engagement due to visa issues. Green recently performed in a production of “Tristan und Isolde”at the {…}
The Tullio Serafin Opera Competition has announced its ninth edition. This year’s competition will be centered on Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with winners getting the opportunity to perform the opera at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza in September 2026 as part of the 14th edition of the Vicenza in Lirica Festival. Preliminary rounds will take place in April across {…}
(Credit: F.Parenzan) The Teatro Trieste Verdi is set to open its 2025-26 season with “Il barbiere di Siviglia” and Le Nozze di Figaro,” two productions deliberately interwoven within the calendar to enable audiences to experience both works over the course of a single weekend. The project pays tribute to the figure of Figaro, the revolutionary character conceived by Beaumarchais in {…}
Druid City Opera has announced the cast for its upcoming production of “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” The company, which is in its fourth season in Tuscaloosa, will showcase the Rossini work with Scott Purcell in the title role. He will be joined by Nicholas Simpson as Count Almaviva, Arianna Paz Ritaccio as Rosina, Peter Morgan as Bartolo, and Joseph Baunoch {…}
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Stockholm, on May 10, 2025, the Royal Swedish Opera gave one of the most inventive, neo-traditional, and stylishly contemporary productions of “Il barbiere di Siviglia” that I think I have seen in a very long while. With an adroit mixture of historical awareness, architectural minimalism, stupefying effects, and playful performativity, director (and lighting designer) {…}
Opera in the Pines will world premiere “The Barber of the Cape” on May 16, 2025. The showcase, set to take place at Cape Neddick Lobster Pound in Maine, is an adaptation of Rossini’s famed “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” In this version, Rosie, a waitress, falls for a visitor from Manhattan. In order to find her happy ending, she must {…}
(Photo: Ken Howard/ Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive Bartlett Sher’s production of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” for 12 performances, beginning on April 15, 2025. The opera will first star Isabel Leonard as Rosina, Lawrence Brownlee as Count Almaviva, and Davide Luciano as Figaro. The cast is rounded out by Nicola Alaimo and Alexander Vinogradov. The {…}
Following the revival of the Wiener Staatsoper’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” on Feb. 14, the company was forced to switch Herbert Fritsch’s production to the older Günther Rennert production on Feb. 18, 2025. According to reports, Fritsch’s production had a foul-smelling breakdown and forced audience members to leave the hall. As a result, the Wiener Staatsoper was forced to change {…}
(Photo: Luca Del Pia) With its wonderful arias, sparkling ensembles and a score that pops and fizzes underpinned by its easy-to-follow, fast-moving narrative, full of energy and comedy, fronted by Figaro, a character known to many people that have never even set foot in an opera house, “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” still has the pulling power it did over 200 {…}
Teatro Carlo Felice is set to present Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” The opera will be showcased in a production by Damiano Michieletto in a revival by Andrea Bernard. Davide Cavalli conducts a cast that includes Carlo Sgura and Gabriele Barria as Figaro; Greta Carlino and Giulia Alletto as Rosina; Paolo Nevi and Manuel Caputo as Il Conte d’Almaviva; Gianpiero {…}
The Teatro Regio di Parma is set to open its 2024 season with Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” The company will present the opera from Jan. 12 to Jan. 20, 2024, in a co-production with Fondazione Rossini Opera Festival by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Diego Ceretta conducts the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini and the Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma. The cast {…}