BARBERAREN I SEVILLA - Live from met

Rossini's exuberant comedy The Barber of Seville was booed at its premiere in 1816 but has since become a huge hit with audiences.  Young opera star Aigul Akhmetshina stars in the live broadcast from the MET on 31 May.
 

Rossini's well-honed treasure survived a notoriously disastrous opening night in 1816 to become what is perhaps the world's most popular comic opera. The lively humor and elegant melodies have delighted audiences of every generation for two centuries. Several of opera's most recognizable melodies have become a large part of the opera world. The Barber of Seville premiered at the Teatro Argentina in Rome in 1816.

Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina stars as the temperamental heroine Rosina alongside American tenor Jack Swanson as her secret lover Count Almaviva. Moldavian baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky plays Figaro, the genial barber from Seville, with Hungarian bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo. Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov is Don Basilio, completing the main ensemble. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Bartlett Sher's wild production.
 

About 3 hours and 33 minutes incl. 1 break