Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)

Composer: Rossini, Gioachino

Librettist/Text Author: Sterbini, Cesare

Libretto Source: Beaumarchais, Pierre-August

Conductor: Santi, Nello

Orchestra: Zurich Opera House Orchestra

Chorus: Zurich Opera House Chorus

Chorus Master: Hammerli, Jurg

Ambrogio: Roberson, Kenneth

Bartolo: Chausson, Carlos

Basilio: Ghiaurov, Nicolai

Berta: Magnuson, Elizabeth Rae

Figaro: Lanza, Manuel

Fiorello: Murga, Valeriy

Il Conte d'Almaviva: Macias, Reinaldo

Rosina: Kasarova, Vesselina

Un ufficiale: Murga, Valeriy

Stage Director: Asagaroff, Grischa

Sound Producer: Benz, Alfred

Television Director: Breisach, Felix

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Date of Production: 04-2001

Venue: Opernhaus Zurich

Playing Time: 02:41:00

Catalogue Number: EuroArts5124

UPC: 880242512482

Libretto

Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)

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The press enthusiastically declared this Barber of Seville a "firework display of exhilarating comedy" and praised the "unforced liveliness" of the cast. EuroArts releases this highly acclaimed staging of one of the most popular operas ever written. Vesselina Kasarova is the undisputed star of this production - she shines musically and dramatically in the part of Rosina, one of her signature roles, which she has since been invited to sing in many major opera houses from Vienna to New York. Recorded live at the Zurich Opera in April 2001, the cast was led by Manuel Lanza as Figaro, Reinaldo Macias as the Count, Carlos Chausson as Bartolo and Nicolai Ghiaurov as Basilio and Nello Santi, a "singer-conductor" in the best Italian tradition, roused his orchestra to precise, vivacious performance.