The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (2025)
Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside high-flying tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the titular barber of Seville, with bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast.
Director: Bartlett Sher
https://www.metopera.org/season/in-cinemas/2024-25-season/il-barbiere-di-siviglia/
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Aigul Akhmetshina as Rosina |
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Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo |
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Jack Swanson as Count Almaviva |
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Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Figaro |
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Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio |
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Jay Dunn as Ambrogio |
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Anthony Roth Costanzo as Himself - Host |
| Directing | Bartlett Sher | Director |
| Writing | Gioachino Rossini | Writer |
| Sound | Giacomo Sagripanti | Conductor |