The Barber of Seville
Watch Rossini's The Barber of Seville online for free from Sunday 19 July
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About the opera
The beautiful Rosina is kept all but prisoner by her guardian Dr Bartolo, who secretly hopes to marry his wealthy ward. But when Count Almaviva falls in love with Rosina from afar he enlists the help of cunning barber Figaro to help him outwit Bartolo. A comic battle of wills ensues, but will love or greed be triumphant?
Verdi thought it the greatest operatic comedy – a perfect marriage of wit, energy and exhilarating musical invention. Rossini’s score fizzes with virtuosic brilliance, combining bravura solo arias, set to some of the composer’s best-loved melodies, with breath-taking, intricate ensembles.
Embracing the opera’s Commedia dell’arte origins, Annabel Arden’s lively production is suffused with Spanish colour and warmth, with just a hint of the surreal. Enrique Mazzola conducts an all-star cast including Danielle de Niese, Alessandro Corbelli and Björn Bürger.
The Barber of Seville was captured live at Festival 2016. It is available on DVD from our shop.
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Creative team
Conductor
Enrique Mazzola
Director
Annabel Arden
Designer
Joanna Parker
Director of Movement
Toby Sedgwick
Lighting Designer
James Farncombe
London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Cast
Rosina
Danielle de Niese
Dr Bartolo
Alessandro Corbelli
Count Almaviva
Taylor Stayton
Figaro
Björn Bürger
Basilio
Christophoros Stamboglis
Berta
Janis Kelly
Fiorello
Huw Montague Rendall
Officer
Adam Marsden
Actors
Tommy Luther, Maxime Nourissat, Jofre Caraben van der Meer
Photos: Bill Cooper