Organization

Singer

Tenor

César Cortés

The Count of Almaviva

Bass

Marco Filippo Romano

Doctor Bartolo

Mezzo-soprano

Paola Leguizamón

Rosina

Baritone

Roberto de Candia

Figaro

Andrea Concetti

Don Basilio

Soprano

Laura Cherici

Berta

Stage director

Federico Grazzini

Conductor

Pier Giorgio Morandi

Lighting designer

Daniele Naldi

Costume designer

Stefania Scaraggi

Set designer

Manuela Gasperoni

Nicolò Ceriani

Fiorello

Paolo Faroni

Ambrogio

Chorus master

Gea Garatti Ansini

Gianluca Monti

An officer

Nicolò Donini

Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Italian

Il barbiere di Siviglia -  (The Barber of Seville)

Bologna

Italy

Il barbiere di Siviglia Rossini

Public

The Barber of Seville

Approved

For the cycle Let’s talk about Opera we present:
The Opera and the Comedy of Art - The Barber of Seville
The birth of the funny Italian opera finds great inspiration in the comedy tradition of art, which brings realistic subjects, colloquial language and entangled and hilarious plotlines even using a few characters.
David Riondino will reveal to us the close connection between two types of shows in which Italy has been the protagonist all over the world.
Introduces
Superintendent M° Fulvio Macciardi
Guests
David Riondino

Il barbiere di Siviglia

Composed in just over two months, Il Barbiere di Siviglia is considered Gioachino Rossini's masterpiece. The first performance took place in Rome in February 1816 and it was probably due to the short time available that the now consolidated comedy by Beaumarchais was chosen as the subject, which at the time had already been set to music six times. In this work Rossini often makes use of musical material already used in other works, for example his famous symphony was written first for the Aureliano in Palmyra and then also present in Elizabeth, Queen of England . The Barber of Seville it was not immediately appreciated by the public, but in a short time it became a symbol of the comic opera and of the Rossini style.

The story sees the succession of comic found by Figaro, the city's barber and factotum, to allow Rosina and the Count d'Almaviva to get married in spite of the will of Don Bartolo, the girl's tutor.

English

The Barber of Seville by Rossini, From (2021/2021), Directed by Federico Grazzini,, Conductor Pier Giorgio Morandi, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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