MET: IL Barbiere di Siviglia (Encore)
- 3 hr 35 min
- NR
- NOT SET
Synopsis
Rossinis effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Shers madcap production. Two star mezzo-sopranosIsabel Leonard and Aigul Akhmetshinaheadline a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside high-flying tenors Lawrence Brownlee and Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Baritones Davide Luciano and Andrey Zhilikhovsky star as Figaro, the infamous barber of Seville, with baritone Nicola Alaimo and bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts.