Classic Cinemas
Met Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
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The Story
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024–25 Live in HD season comes to a close with Rossini’s effervescent comedy. Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside American tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the ingenious barber of Seville, with Hungarian bass-baritone Peter Ka´lma´n as Dr. Bartolo and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Bartlett Sher’s madcap production.
Rating
CTC
Duration
213
Cast
Alexander Vinogradov, Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Aigul Akhmetshina, Jack Swanson, Peter Kálmán
Director
The Metropolitan Opera
