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The most famous comic opera in history returns in a clever, entertaining production by Damiano Michieletto. The Italian stage director locates the action in the revolving facade of a block of flats where the plot twists unfurl at the speed marked by the score, with Giacomo Sagripanti as musical director. The opera features the voices of Marina Viotti, Isabel Leonard, Olga Syniakova, René Barbera, Pietro Adaini, Dave Monaco, Andrzej Filonczyk, Florian Sempey, Germán Olvera, Misha Kiria, Nicola Alaimo, Pablo Ruiz, Roberto Tagliavini, Maharram Huseynov, Alejandro López, María José Moreno, Lauren Randolph, among other artists..
Commedia in two acts.
Music by Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868).
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini, after Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais’ play Le barbier de Séville ou la Précaution inutile (1775)
Production of Opéra national de Paris
Premiered at Teatro Argentina (Rome) on 20 february 1816
Premiered at Teatro Real on 28 december 1850
Artistic team
Conductor | Giacomo Sagripanti
Stage director | Damiano Michieletto
Set designer | Paolo Fantin
Costume | Silvia Aymonino
Lighting | Fabio Barettin
Chorus master | José Luis Basso
Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra