The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Release: 2014-11-22
·Runtime: 168m
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.
Production Companies
The Metropolitan Opera
Cast
Crew
Gioacchino Rossini
Original Music Composer
Cesare Sterbini
Writer
Bartlett Sher
Production Design
Mia Bongiovanni
Supervising Producer
Jay David Saks
Music Producer
Elena Park
Supervising Producer
Matthew Diamond
Producer
Catherine Zuber
Costume Designer
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Original Story
Peter Gelb
Executive Producer