(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 {…}
Bradford Opera Festival is set to premiere a new adaptation of Rossini’s most famous opera on Nov. 23, 2023. The showcase of “The Barber of Seville” will present the opera classic in Yorkshire dialect as adapted by Ian McMillan. The event will feature the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra and Bradford Festival Choral Society with Alex Chisholm directing and Ben Crick conducting. {…}
The Rossini Opera Festival has announced its 2024 season. The season will take place in the year that Pesaro will be the Italian Capital of Culture and will offer five operas for a total of thirty performances from August 7th to 23rd 2024. The season will open with a new production of “Bianca e Falliero” directed by Roberto Abbado and staged {…}
The Royal Opera House’s production of Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” is headed to cinemas around the U.K. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. The opera will be broadcast live from the Royal Opera House where it will be presented in a production starring Aigul Akhmetshina as Rosina, Andrzej Filończyk as Figaro, Lawrence Brownlee as Count Almaviva, Bryn Terfel as Don Basilio, Fabio Capitanucci as Bartolo, Ailish Tynan as Berta, and Josef Jeongmeen {…}
Jeremy Knowles Studio The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced cast changes for its production of “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” on Jan. 5, 2023. The company said that Kangyoon Shine Lee will be singing the part of Almaviva in place of Matthew Newlin while Dean Murphy will take over the role of Figaro in place of Philipp Jekal. Lee has performed {…}
(Credit: Dario Acosta) Superstar soprano Pretty Yende is set to perform alongside the Princeton Symphony Orchestra this January at the Richardson Auditorium. Yende will take on Samuel Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915” as well as arias from Verdi’s “La Traviata” and Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” The orchestra will also play Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” and music by Verdi and Rossini. {…}
(Credit: Elisa Haberer) Aigul Akhmetshina is considered one of today’s promising stars in the opera world and has been hailed for her “immaculate voice” and “delicate timbre.” She made history when she became the youngest Belvedere Competition Winner who debuted at the Royal Opera House as “Carmen” at the age of 21. Since then she has made major debuts at the {…}