The Kennedy Center’s Opera Theater was buzzing with anticipation Saturday evening for the opening night of Washington National Opera’s “The Barber of Seville.” This opera buffa is Rossini’s take on Pierre
Even with a starrier cast (Isabel Leonard and Michael Fabiano in the lead roles) and a brand-name conductor (the company music director Harry Bicket),Carmenpaled in comparison. IfThe Barber of Sevillecast lacked that level of star power, it delivered big-time on both musi...
but did not create anything. ‘The Barber of Seville’ was written for the small Roman theatre Teatro Argentina. Each individual of the opera has a very strong character. They know how to make fun of themselves. The composer takes their characters from real life and there are no...
The Barber of Seville, four-act farcical drama by Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais, performed and published in 1775 as Le Barbier de Séville; ou, la precaution inutile (“The Barber of Seville; or, The Useless Precaution”). It was the basis of the 1816 ope
The Barber of Seville,comic operain two acts by Italian composerGioachino Rossini(librettoin Italian byCesare Sterbini) that was first performed under the titleAlmaviva o sia l’inutile precauzione(Almaviva; or, The Useless Precaution) at the Teatro Argentina inRomeon February 20, 1816. With ...