IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
Count Almaviva loves Rosine, a young orphan, and tries to get her away from her guardian, Bartolo, who plans to marry her. To achieve this, he involves...
Count Almaviva loves Rosine, a young orphan, and tries to get her away from her guardian, Bartolo, who plans to marry her. To achieve this, he involves Figaro, his former valet, now working as a barber, whose plotting sorely tests Bartolo's astuteness.
Music: Gioacchino Rossini; libretto: Cesare Sterbini
Production: Sam Brown
By the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Jonathan Nott, and the choir from Geneva's Grand Théâtre, conducted by Alan Woodbridge
Choreography: Morgann Runacre-Temple
Cast: Bogdan Mihai (Count Almaviva), Bruno Taddia (Figaro), Lena Belkina (Rosine), Bruno de Simone (Bartolo), Marco Spotti, Mary Feminear, Rodrigo Garcia...
Director: Isabelle Soulard (Switzerland, 2017)