(Credit: Opéra de Paris) The Opéra National de Paris has canceled performances of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” and the ballet-opera “L’Après-midi d’un faune”/”L’Enfant et les sortilèges” scheduled for January 20 at the Opéra Bastille and Palais Garnier respectively, according to the official statement on the company’s website. The cancelations came as a result of the strike notice against the French {…}
(Credit: Michelle Monasta) Per the Deutsche Oper Berlin’s official website, there will be several cast changes for its upcoming production of “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” For the presentation of the Rossini gem on March 5, Philipp Jekal will take on the title role from Samuel Dale Johnson. For the performances on April 25 and 29, Cecilia Molinari will replace Vasilisa {…}
(Credit: Opéra de Paris) Opéra National de Paris has canceled the second performance of “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” due to the national strike against the French government’s pension reform. The company announced that it was forced to cancel the performance after the strike notice came into effect. According to the statement, “given the right of employees to declare industrial action {…}
(Credit: Jason Homa) The Opéra National de Paris has canceled this evening’s performance of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” at the Opéra Bastille due to the national strike notice, according to the company’s official website. The cast for “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” includes Xabier Anduaga, Lisette Oropesa, Carlo Lepore, and Florian Sempey and Ilya Kutyukhin alternating in the role of {…}
The Opéra National de Paris just issued a warning on its website, noting that the opening night of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” might be affected due to ongoing strike in France. The strike against the French government pension reform has hit the company extensively, leading to a number of high profile cancellations in December, including performances of Borodin’s “Prince {…}
(Source: Vienna State Opera Official Website) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that Paolo Rumetz will be singing the Jan. 7 and 10 performances of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” taking over for Wolfgang Bankl. Rumetz, who will take on the role of Don Bartolo, will join a cast led by Pavel Kolgatin as Almaviva, Tara Erraught as Rosina, Adam Plachetka {…}
The Opéra National de Paris has announced a cast change for its upcoming revival of “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” The company announced that Ilya Kutyukhin will take over performances from Jan. 22 through Feb. 12 in the title role replacing Andrzek Filończyk. Additionally, the company announced that Tommaso Barea will replace Davide Giangregorio in the role of Fiorello in all {…}
(Credit Robert Workman) First performed at Glyndebourne in 1954 and revived now twice, both in 2016 and 2019, Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia” has consistently proven to be just the right dose of comic relief within a well-rounded opera season. With the production featuring Director Annabel Arden’s 2016 dreams coming to life again in 2019, at the hands of revival {…}
Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” will be showcased via the Vienna State Opera’s live stream service on May 21, 2019. The famed Rossini comedy will star Juan Diego Flórez in a role that he championed in the earlier part of his career. It will be interesting to see the tenor return to this iconic interpretation after having moved into heavier {…}
The Semperoper Dresden has announced a major cast change for its performance of “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” on April 20, 2019. Mert Süngü, who was supposed to sing the role of Count Almaviva, will now be replaced by tenor Maxim Mironov. The company made an official announcement of the cast change via social media. Mironov is one of the major {…}
Gioachino Rossini, born on Feb. 29, 1729, is one of the great masters of Italian Opera. He was born in Pesaro and began to compose at the age of 12. He premiered his first opera “La Cambiale Di Matrimonio” in Venice in 1812 when he was just 18. Five years later, he was being engaged to write operas all over {…}