The Barber of Seville
July 6 & 8, 2023 | 7:30 pm
Music Hall • springer auditorium
Music by Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini
Sung in Italian with projected English translations
rom-com, italian style.
Supreme silliness ensues when Figaro, Seville’s most beloved barber, plays matchmaker for his former employer, Count Almaviva. The Count loves Rosina, but she’s the ward of the devious Doctor Bartolo, who has designs on wedding her himself. To win Rosina’s heart, the Count enlists Figaro to cook up disguises, double dealings, and deceits to fool old Bartolo and set Rosina free. Rossini’s beloved comedy reminds us that sometimes, on the path to true love, the last thing you want to be is yourself.
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Cast & Creative Team
Figaro – Rodion Pogossov
Rosina – Emily Fons
Count Almaviva – Alasdair Kent
Doctor Bartolo – Peixin Chen
Don Basilio – Nicholas Newton
Berta – Kendra Beasley
Fiorello – Thomas Dreeze
Officer – Samuel Smith
Conductor – Christopher Allen
Stage Director – Christopher Mattaliano
Scenic Design – Allen Moyer
Costume Design – James Scott
Lighting Designer – Thomas C. Hase
Wig & Makeup Designer – James Geier
Chorus Master – Henri Venanzi
Featuring the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Opera Chorus
Scenery from Minnesota Opera
Costumes from Washington National Opera
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Opera Insights
Enhance your knowledge of The Barber of Seville with a pre-curtain lecture one hour before each performance in Music Hall's Corbett Tower. Evans Mirageas, The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director, provides overviews and insights into the opera's history, music, and production. Free to all ticket holders. No reservations required.
Watch: Evans Mirageas talks withThe Barber of Seville Stage Director Christopher Mattaliano
Watch: The Barber of Seville in Pop Culture
News & Reviews
Cincinnati Business Courier: “A terrific cast of singing actors, hilarious staging and Rossini’s scintillating musical score resulted in a concoction of sheer perfection …” [Read the full review]
Meet the Composer
Gioachino Rossini
Celebrated for his comic operas such as The Barber of Seville, which are full of music that is sensuous, brilliant and rhythmically vital, Rossini transformed the form and content of Italian opera, establishing a new set of musical procedures that would invigorate and develop the genre long after he stopped composing.
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“The Barber of Seville” Illustration: © Daria Petrilli - Licensee Chiara Roilo