The Barber of Seville

Glyndebourne

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  • opera
  • 165 Mins

The ‘sheer visual sophistication’ of Annabel Arden’s Barbiere serves ‘a triumphant celebration of Rossini’s musical genius’, featuring de Niese’s ‘powerfully sung’ Rosina, Bürger’s ‘gale-force’ Figaro and Stayton’s ‘pure and mellifluous’ Almaviva – a leading trio ‘musically and dramatically beyond compare’ (The Independent ?????). Contributing to the ‘ensemble precision’, the rest of the cast includes a ‘scene-stealing’ Berta in Kelly, a ‘suavely unctuous’ Basilio from Stamboglis andCorbelli’s Bartolo, ‘an object lesson in comic understatement’ (The Guardian). With Enrique Mazzola at the helm of theLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, ‘the score bubbles along on a Puckish current of merry mischief’ (The Telegraph).

Cast & Crew

(Composer), Danielle de Niese (Rosina), Janis Kelly (Berta), Alessandro Corbelli (Dr. Bartolo), (Director), Taylor Stayton (Count Almaviva), Björn Bürger (Figaro), (Conductor), Christophoros Stamboglis (Basilio)