Il barbiere di Siviglia
Gioachino Rossini
La Fenice Opera House
Sunday 19 February 2023 7pm
CARNIVAL COCKTAIL + DJ SET
The Opera lasts about 2 hours and 55 minutes, including one interval
«Always make Barbiere! Always Barbiere!», Beethoven suggested to Rossini on meeting him in Vienna. “I cannot help but think that Il barbiere di Siviglia, by its abundance of true musical ideas, comic verve and truth of declamation, is the finest opera buffa that exists”. Thus wrote Giuseppe Verdi to a French critic in 1898. Rossini never composed a more successful opera than Barbiere. Still nowadays the work, which premiered at Rome’s Teatro Argentina in 1816, is the most famous opera comedy worldwide. Virtually every piece in it is a musical gem, including Figaro’s “Largo al factotum”, Basilio’s “La calunnia”, Rosina’s “Una voce poco fa”, the ensemble “Zitti zitti, piano piano”, and more.
English surtitles
La Fenice production
LOCANDINA
Conte di Almaviva Antonino Siragusa
Bartolo Marco Filippo Romano
Rosina Chiara Amarù
Figaro Alessandro Luongo
Don Basilio Luca Dall’Amico
Fiorello William Corrò
Berta Giovanna Donadini
La Fenice Choir & Orchestra
Chorus master Alfonso Caiani
Conductor Renato Palumbo
Fortepiano Master Roberta Ferrari
Director Bepi Morassi
Sets & Costumes Lauro Crisman
Light designer Andrea Benetello
