Organization

Singer

Baritone

Mattia Olivieri

Figaro

Bass

Peter Kellner

Don Basilio

Soprano

Aurora Marthens

Berta

Stefan Astakhov

Fiorello

Mezzo-soprano

Vasilisa Berzhanskaya

Rosina

Etienne Dupuis

Dramaturge

Nikolaus Stenitzer

Conductor

Stefano Montanari

Tenor

Juan Diego Flórez

The Count of Almaviva

Paolo Bordogna

Doctor Bartolo

Ildar Abdrazakov

Ruth Brauer-Kvam

Ambrogio

Stage director

Herbert Fritsch

Michele Mariotti

Lighting designer

Carsten Sander

Costume designer

Victoria Behr

Set designer

Cecilia Molinari

Giacomo Sagripanti

Levy Sekgapane

Alasdair Kent

Alejandro Pizarro-Enríquez

An officer

Oleg Zalytskiy

Wolfram Igor Derntl

Wiener Staatsoper

Others

Chor der Wiener Staatsoper

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Il barbiere di Siviglia -  (The Barber of Seville)

Vienna

Austria

Gioachino Rossini's opera buffa in 2 acts "Il barbiere di Siviglia" is one of the best known and most popular musical comedies worldwide and also has a long tradition of performances at the Vienna State Opera. Well over 400 times Günther Rennert's witty production has been on the program there in the last 55 years. Now the German actor, director and set designer Herbert Fritsch is staging the popular opera classic in a new way. He is considered a master of intelligent, ambiguous and radically demanding humor and has already put the audience in Vienna's Burgtheater to the test.

An excellent ensemble of singers, which is also characterized by their love of acting, is at his disposal. The celebrated bel canto tenor and Viennese Kammersänger Juan Diego Flórez mimics Count Almaviva and in this production is also allowed to perform the usually deleted large aria »Cessa di più resistere«. The only 27-year-old Russian Vasilisa Berzhanskaya makes her Viennese debut in the role of Rosina, while the Canadian Étienne Dupuis gives the extroverted barber a powerful voice and comedic ability. Paolo Bordogna, as Dr. Bartolo makes humorous and tragic attempts to marry his ward Rosina, and the audience's favorite Ildar Abdrazakov is in a good mood as the scheming music teacher Don Basilio. a mute,

Il barbiere di Siviglia Rossini

Public

The Barber of Seville

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading