The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
168 mins
A youthful cast brings Rossini’s immortal comedy to sparkling life, led by Christopher Maltman as Figaro, the resourceful barber and man-about-town of the title. The lovely Isabel Leonard is Rosina, the clever young woman at the center of the story, and Lawrence Brownlee sings Count Almaviva, the man who loves her and—with Figaro’s help—rescues her from the house of her elderly and smitten guardian, Bartolo, played by Maurizio Muraro. Paata Burchuladze is the bumbling music master Basilio, and rising conductor and bel canto specialist Michele Mariotti leads the Met’s musical forces in Bartlett Sher’s lively production.
Lawrence Brownlee
Count Almaviva
Yunpeng Wang
Fiorello
Claudia Waite
Berta
Rob Besserer
Ambrogio
Dennis Petersen
An Officer
Michele Mariotti
Conductor
Christopher Akerlind
Lighting Design
Kathleen Smith Belcher
Stage Director
Michael Yeargan
Set Designer
Louisa Briccetti
Producer
Ron Washburn
Technical Supervisor
Paul Cremo
Dramaturgy
Victoria Warivonchik
Producer
Michael Zecker
Assistant Costume Designer
Matiki Anoff
Makeup Artist
John Kerswell
Sound Supervisor