Der Barbier von Sevilla
Opera buffa
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Music by Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini
Based on »Le Barbier de Séville« von Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Premiered July 8, 2021
In Italian with German surtitles
Age recommendation: 10 years and over
165 Minuten, one interval after 90 minutes
The old skinflint Bartolo intends to marry his beautiful Rosina. She, however, has eyes for a stranger, who serenades her below her window. The distrusting Bartolo wants the wedding to happen all the quicker and has Rosina guarded closely. Luckily, the canny Figaro is still on the scene. For the right money the city’s best known barber can be called on for anything, and the clinking of the stranger’s coins, who in truth is Count Almaviva, unleashes an explosion of ideas in Figaro’s head.
Based on the famous comedy, Le Barbier de Séville by Beaumarchais, in 1816 the barely 24-year-old Gioachino Rossini wrote his most popular opera ever in just two weeks. And with it he spared neither the most hair-raising coloratura passages nor instrumental effects. Figaro’s entrance aria, one of the catchiest tunes in music history, Rosina’s Una voce poco fa or the storm that Rossini unleashes in the second act in the orchestra, rank among the superlative musical highpoints and guarantee entertainment for the entire family.
In Cooperation with Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona and Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse
Cast
Choir and extras of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
Orchestra of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
ROSSINIS KAMM TOGETHER
