Organization

Schwetzingen Festspiele

Mise en scène

Michael Hampe

Décors

Ezio Frigerio

Costumes

Mauro Pagano

Direction d'orchestre

Gabriele Ferro

Ténor

David Kuebler

Le Comte Almaviva

Basse

Carlos Feller

Bartolo

Mezzo-soprano

Cecilia Bartoli

Rosine

Baryton

Gino Quilico

Figaro

Robert Lloyd

Basilio

Klaus Bruch

Fiorello

Gerhard Karzel

Un Officier

Others

Choir of the Cologne Opera

Il barbiere di Siviglia -  (Le barbier de Séville)

Schwetzingen

Allemagne

The irresistible Cecilia Bartoli leads an all-star cast in Rossini’s most renowned opera buffa! Filmed live at the Schwetzinger Festspiele, Michael Hampe’s 1988 production of Il Barbiere di Siviliglia strikes the perfect balance between irrepressible exuberance, lighthearted comedy, and high caliber artistry. Music director Gabriele Ferro leads the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart in Rossini’s carbonated masterwork of a score, composed in barely three weeks when he was only 24 years old (though already on his seventeenth opera)! A superlative interpretation of Rossini’s endlessly-entertaining tale of love, greed, and comic hijinx.

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