Organization

Stage director

Eric Vigié

Conductor

Mikahail Tatarnikov

Lighting designer

Alexander Kibitkin

Set designer

Emmanuelle Favre

Choreographer

Maria Bolshakova

Chorus master

Vladimir Stolpovskikh

Alexey Dmitriev

Sergey Tsyplenkov

Pianist

Natalia Dudik

Singer

Tenor

Boris Stepanov

The Count of Almaviva

Mezzo-soprano

Svetlana Moskalenko

Rosina

Bass

Alexander Bezrukov

Don Basilio

Soprano

Irina Mikhailova

Berta

Alevtina Ioffe

Yury Monchak

Doctor Bartolo

Baritone

Boris Pinkhasovich

Figaro

Libretto

Cesare Sterbini

Mikhailovsky Theatre

Italian

Il barbiere di Siviglia -  (The Barber of Seville)

Saint Petersburg

Russia

Mikhailovsky Theater

Public

The Barber of Seville

Russian

Approved

One of the most popular operas in the world whose joyous melodies are instantly recognizable, it has been an indispensable fixture in the Mikhailovsky’s repertoire since 1918, when the Theatre’s own opera company was founded. Swiss director Éric Vigié has created his own unique production of this opera, harking back to a time when opera was not yet seen as the domain of the elites, but was designed to appeal to the most varied audiences. Colourful and heady, Seville is a true Southern city an incomparable microcosm of Spain as a whole. The crowd scenes are filled with footballers, pop stars, flamenco dancers, guitarists and even... a monkey, a donkey, and a ‘little blue dog’. This operatic scherzo — bright, elegant, and unfettered by the traditional canon — is guaranteed to leave audiences in the very best of spirits.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew