The Barber of Seville - Opera - Season 17/18 Programming

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The Barber of Seville

Opéra Bastille - from 24 January to 16 February 2018

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The Barber of Seville

Opera Gioacchino Rossini

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Opéra Bastille - from 24 January to 16 February 2018

3h20 with 1 interval

Language : Italian

Surtitle : French / English

Opening night : 24 January 2018

About

In few words:

With a single wave of my wand,I shall lull vigilance,awaken love,outwit jealousy,baffle intrigue and overcome all obstacles - Figaro, Le Barbier de Séville, Beaumarchais

A masterpiece of opera buffa, The Barber of Seville still enjoys the same success as it did at its first performance in 1816. Inspired by Beaumarchais’ play of the same name, Rossini remained faithful to the narrative simplicity of the play whilst portraying characters bubbling over to the relentless rhythm of the score. Overture and arias alike rapidly gained in notoriety. Damiano Michieletto’s frenetically vivid production alternates smoothly between picturesque realism and dreamlike fantasy in a single, monumental set making this Barber of Seville a wildly eccentric comedy with a ring of truth.

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Opera Buffa in two acts (1816)

After Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
In Italian

Music :

Gioacchino Rossini

Libretto :

Cesare Sterbini

Conductor :

Riccardo Frizza

Director :

Damiano Michieletto

Set design :

Paolo Fantin

Costume design :

Silvia Aymonino

Lighting design :

Fabio Barettin

Chorus master :

Alessandro Di Stefano
Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
Il Conte d'Almaviva :

René Barbera

Levy Sekgapane

16 feb.

Levy Sekgapane

1, 13 feb.

Bartolo :

Simone Del Savio

Rosina :

Olga Kulchynska

Figaro :

Massimo Cavalletti

Florian Sempey

7, 16 feb.

Basilio :

Nicolas Testé

Fiorello :

Pietro Di Bianco

Berta :

Julie Boulianne

Un ufficiale :

Olivier Ayault

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The Barber of Seville by Gioacchino Rossini (Olga Kulchynska)

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The Barber of Seville by Gioacchino Rossini (Simone Del Savio)

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Lumière sur : les coulisses du Barbier de Séville

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Le Barbier de Séville - Trailer

Audio clips

Podcast | Le Barbier de Séville - Gioachino Rossini

— By In partnership with France Musique

About the work

Il barbiere di siviglia under the magnifying glass

By Catherine Plichon and Marion Mirande
Podcast The Barber of Seville

By France Musique
Bad education

By Solène Souriau
The Barber of Seville seen from the sky

By Philippe Meicler

The Paris Opera