Organization

Singer

Baritone

Manuel Lanza

Figaro

Angelo Veccia

Tenor

Reinaldo Macias

The Count of Almaviva

Mezzo-soprano

Vesselina Kasarova

Rosina

Liliana Nikiteanu

Carmen Oprisanu

Bass

Carlos Chausson

Doctor Bartolo

Nicolai Ghiaurov

Don Basilio

László Polgár

Valeriy Murga

Fiorello

Conductor

Nello Santi

Stage director

Grischa Asagaroff

Soprano

Elizabeth Magnuson

Berta

Kenneth Roberson

Ambrogio

An officer

Lighting designer

Hans-Rudolf Kunz

Costume designer

Luigi Perego

Set designer

Chorus master

Jürg Hämmerli

Opernhaus Zürich

Orchestra

Philharmonia Zürich

Others

Zusatzchor der Oper Zürich

Italian

Il barbiere di Siviglia -  (The Barber of Seville)

Zurich

Switzerland

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini, from Opera Zurich, 2001. Directed by Felix Breisach, conductor Nello Santi. Starring Vesselina Kasarova, Manuel Lanza, Reinaldo Macias, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Carlos Chausson, Valeri Murga, Peter Kalmán. Performed in Italian.

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From Opera House Zürich, 2001
Comic opera conducted by Nello Santi with Grischa Asagaroff as stage director and scenery by Luigi Perego. Starring Nikolái Ghiaúrov, Vasselina Kasarova and Manuel Lanza.

Watch this other version of the opera with Cecilia Bartoli & Gino Quilico as main characters at the 1988 Schwetzingen Festival: https://youtu.be/p97ym1HeCNI

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Vasselina Kasarova - Rosina
Manuel Lanza - Figaro
Reinaldo Macias - Almaviva
Nikolái Ghiaúrov - Basilio
Carlos Chausson - Bartolo
Valeri Murga - Fiorillo
Peter Kalmán - Offizier

Structure of the opera:
0:00 Intro credits
1:52 Overture - Sinfonia
9:20 Act 1
1. Introduzione
09:20 "PIANO, PIANISSIMO, SENZA PARLAR"
(Fiorello, Coro, Conte)
CAVATINA
13:16 "ECCO, RIDENTE IN CIELO"
(Conte)
2. Cavatina
20:54 "LARGO AL FACTOTUM"
(Figaro)
3. Canzone
32:39 "SE IL MIO NOME SAPER VOI BRAMATE"
(Conte, Rosina, Figaro)
4. Duetto
36:49 "ALL'IDEA DI QUEL METALLO"
(Figaro, Conte)
5. Cavatina
44:41 "UNA VOCE POCO FA"
(Rosina)
6. Aria
57:17 "LA CALUNNIA È UN VENTICELLO"
(Basilio)
7. Duetto
1:04:57 "DUNQUE IO SON"
(Rosina, Figaro)
8. Aria
1:12:03 "A UN DOTTOR DELLA MIA SORTE"
(Bartolo) 
9. Finale I
1:19:55 "EHI, DI CASA!... BUONA GENTE!"
(Conte, Bartolo, Rosina)
1:23:49 "CON LA PRESENTE IL DOTTOR BARTOLO"
(Bartolo, Conte, Rosina, Berta, Basilio)
1:27:42 "CHE COSA ACCADDE, SIGNORI MIEI?"
(Figaro, Bartolo, Conte, Rosina, Berta,
Basilio, Ufficiale, Coro)
Stretta del Finale I
1:34:34 "MA SIGNOR..." / „MI PAR D'ESSERE CON LA TESTA"
(Bartolo, Coro, Berta, Basilio, Rosina, Conte, Figaro)

1:40:04 Act 2

10. Recitativo
1:40:06 "MA VEDI IL MIO DESTINO!"
(Bartolo) 
11. Aria
1:47:37 "CONTRO UN COR CHE ACCENDE AMORE"
(Rosina, Conte)
12. Arietta
1:53:10 "QUANDO MI SEI VICINA"
(Bartolo) 
13. Quintetto 
1:57:09 "DON BASILIO!" / "COSA VEGGO!" / "QUALE INTOPPO!" / "COME QUA?" / "SERVITOR DI TUTTI QUANTI!"
(Rosina, Conte, Figaro, Bartolo, Basilio)
14. Aria 
2:09:17 "IL VECCHIOTTO CERCA MOGLIE"
(Berta)
2:15:03 15. Temporale
Recitativo 
2:17:46 "ALFINE, ECCOCI QUA" 
(Figaro, Conte, Rosina)
16. Terzetto 
2:18:57 "AH! QUAL COLPO INASPETTATO!"
(Rosina, Conte)
17. Recitativo instrumentato 
2:26:03 "DON BARTOLO!"
(Bartolo, Conte, Basilio)
Finaletto II 
2:28:03 "DI SÌ FELICE INNESTO" 
(Tutti)

Libretto by Cesare Sterbini
Based on the comedy "Le Barbier de Séville ou La Précaution inutile" by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

Rossini's popular work - which was first performed in 1816 at the Teatro Argentina in Rome - contains some of opera's most tuneful and recognizable music - from its lively overture to Figaro's Largo al factotum to Rosina's Una voce poco fa. Based on the play of the same title by the French dramatist Beaumarchais (1732-1799), the opera is a delightful rigmarole of riotous situations in a race to win the hand of the young Rosina. Vesselina Kasarovas Rosina made this production from 2001 of 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia' a memorable event. She captivated the audience with fluent coloraturas, an infinite variety of tone colors and nuances of expression, as well as her phenomenal versatility as an actress. Other soloists are Manuel Lanza, Carlos Chausson and Reinaldo Macias. The choir and orchestra of the Opera Zürich is led by Nello Santi.

n Zurich, a Barber of Seville full of energy and humour with a perfect Rosine

Filmed in April 2001 at the Zurich Opera, this Barber of Seville is by the excellent Rossini. Grischa Asagaroff's direction is full of inspiration and humour: the scenery, a huge fan (naturally since we are in Seville) which swivels facilitating the "production" of gags, and the transposition into the 1930s with the appropriate costumes, side-car and scooter is effective.

Acclaimed by the audience, the conductor Nello Santi, who is at home at the Zurich Opera (he was the musical director there for ten years, 1958-1968) is a Rossinian conductor of great stature who also plays the piano part. But the real jewel in this film is Rosine played by Vesselina Kasarova who is an authentic mezzo-soprano coloratura. A virtuoso musician and perfect actor, she is charm personified. Around her is an excellent distribution and it is a delight to see Nicolaoi Ghiaurov in the role of Basil which he performs with great experience.

The wonderful Zurich ensemble tells the first part of the story of Figaro, Rosina and Count Almaviva with an infectious sense of joy. Above all, Vesselina Kasarova brings the bright and imaginative scenery to life with her highly convincing portrayal of Rosina as an intelligent young woman.

Il barbiere di Siviglia Rossini

The Barber of Seville

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