Met Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
$33-$360
- Giacomo Sagripanti, conductor
Rossini's effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher's madcap production. Two star mezzo-sopranos—Isabel Leonard and Aigul Akhmetshina—headline a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside high-flying tenors Lawrence Brownlee and Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Baritones Davide Luciano and Andrey Zhilikhovsky star as Figaro, the infamous barber of Seville, with baritone Nicola Alaimo and bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts.
Runs Apr. 15-June 5.
Please note that video cameras will be in operation during the May 27 and May 31 performances as part of the Met's Live in HD series of cinema transmissions.