THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

Program

Gioacchino Rossini
The Barber of Seville

All eyes are on Figaro, Almaviva, Rosina and the gloomy elders! Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau projects the characters of Rossini’s opera into 18th century Spain, “acknowledging, initially at least, various conventions of Classical music”, if only to subsequently cut loose. The stage production bubbles with malice and youth, drawing on Goya for the imagery and John Galliano for the costumes, and stars the very young, highly talented singers Xabier Anduaga, Joshua Hopkins and Lea Desandre.

2h45 with interval

Cast

Joshua Hopkins Figaro
Xabier Anduaga Il Comte Almaviva
Lea Desandre Rosina
Riccardo Novaro Bartolo
Mirco Palazzi Basilio
Julie Pasturaud Berta
Antoine Foulon Fiorello
Chœur accentus / Opéra de Rouen Normandie
Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen Normandie
Antonello Allemandi, conductor
Chloé Dufresne, choirmaster
Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau, staging