Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)

Composer: Rossini, Gioachino

Librettist/Text Author: Sterbini, Cesare

Conductor: Abbado, Claudio

Orchestra: Milan La Scala Orchestra

Chorus: Milan La Scala Chorus

Ambrogio: Kraemmer, Hans

Bartolo: Dara, Enzo

Basilio: Montarsolo, Paolo

Berta: Malagu, Stefania

Conte Almaviva: Alva, Luigi

Figaro: Prey, Hermann

Fiorello: Cesari, Renato

Rosina: Berganza, Teresa

Producer: Buttenstedt, Fritz

Set Designer: Ponnelle, Jean-Pierre

Set Designer: Pischinger, Otto

Costume Designer: Ponnelle, Jean-Pierre

Costume Designer: Pischinger, Otto

Stage Director: Ponnelle, Jean-Pierre

Television Director: Wild, Ernst

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Date of Production: 1974

Playing Time: 02:21:12

Catalogue Number: A05001931

Libretto

Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)

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Based on Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's highly acclaimed Salzburg production, Il Barbiere di Siviglia was filmed in a Munich studio, while the voices and music were taped in Milan, using the Scala orchestra and chorus. The brilliant cast includes Teresa Berganza, Hermann Prey, Luigi Alva and Enzo Dara, all great names in the international operatic world.