Le Barbier de Seville (2020)
Inspired by Beaumarchais' comedy, Rossini retains all the passion to create this bubbling opera buffa. A native of Venice, the cradle of the commedia dell’arte, Damiano Michieletto is sensitive to the burlesque vein of Rossinian music. He transposes the action of this "unnecessary precaution" into a contemporary Seville inspired by the cinema of Almodóvar. Bartolo’s monumental building, in which Figaro swirls in free electron, allows the director to give free rein to his crazy imagination.
Director: François Goetghebeur
https://www.operadeparis.fr/saison-19-20/opera/le-barbier-de-seville
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Xabier Anduaga as Il Conte d'Almaviva |
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Carlo Lepore as Bartolo |
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Lisette Oropesa as Rosina |
| Directing | Damiano Michieletto | Stage Director |
| Writing | Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Gioachino Rossini | Opera |
| Directing | François Goetghebeur | Director |