Organization

Festtage Berlin

Singer

Tenor

Matthew Newlin

The Count of Almaviva

Baritone

Adam Kutny

Fiorello

Bass

Carlo Lepore

Doctor Bartolo

Siyabonga Maqungo

Renato Girolami

Mezzo-soprano

Tara Erraught

Rosina

Jaka Mihelač

Figaro

Grigory Shkarupa

Don Basilio

Soprano

Adriane Queiroz

Berta

Carles Pachon

Stage director

Ruth Berghaus

Conductor

Diego Matheuz

Costume designer

Achim Freyer

Set designer

Libretto

Cesare Sterbini

State Opera Berlin

Orchestra

Staatskapelle Berlin

Others

Staatsopernchor Berlin

State Opera Chorus

Italian

Il barbiere di Siviglia -  (The Barber of Seville)

Berlin

Germany

Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Il barbiere di Siviglia Rossini

Public

Private

The Barber of Seville

German

English

Approved

Under the alias Lindoro, the wealthy Count Almaviva, supposedly a student, has conquered the heart of the beautiful Rosina. But Doctor Bartolo, the girl's jealous guardian, intends to marry his ward himself and therefore tries to keep all admirers away from her. Luckily, »Lindoro« has the shrewd barber Figaro at his side, who – more or less ingeniously – threads a whole series of complications and masquerades.

With »Il barbiere di Siviglia«, the only 23-year-old Rossini created within just three weeks a witty, sparkling, fiery and pulsating masterpiece in the spirit of Italian opera buffa, in which, as is so often the case, the fooled old man is left behind. He used the play »La Précaution inutile ou le Barbier de Séville« by the French poet, secret agent and arms smuggler Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais from 1772 as a template, which tells the story before Mozart's »Le nozze di Figaro«. Rossini's humorously drawn characters, the brilliant solo parts, rousing melodies and fast-paced ensembles come into their own in Ruth Berghaus' timeless production from 1968 (with the ingeniously simple stage design by the young Achim Freyer): it is bursting with liveliness and situation comedy and has lost none of its youthful freshness and vitality even after more than 350 performances.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer