Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Saturday, May 31st, 2025 @ 10:00 am
Doors open for pre-show at 9:30 AM
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024–25 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live transmission of Rossini’s effervescent comedy on May 31. Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside American tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the ingenious barber of Seville, with Hungarian bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Bartlett Sher’s madcap production.
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Production: Bartlett She
Set Designer: Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer: Catherine Zuber
Lighting Designer: Christopher Akerlind
Giacomo Sagripanti (Conductor), Aigul Akhmetshina (Rosina), Jack Swanson (Count lmaviva), Andrey Zhilikhovsky (Figaro), Peter Kálmán (Dr. Bartolo), Alexander Vinogradov
(Don Basilio)
GENRE(S): Opera Live in HD
RUNTIME: (3 hrs 33 mins) 1 intermission. 213 minutes
LANGUAGE: Italian. With English and French subtitles
