Live from the New York Metropolitan Opera, starring Aigul Akhmetshina as Rosina, Jack Swanson as her irer Count Almaviva, and Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Figaro, the barber himself.
Live from the New York Metropolitan Opera, starring Aigul Akhmetshina as Rosina, Jack Swanson as her irer Count Almaviva, and Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Figaro, the barber himself. An operatic feast of disguise and intrigue around an illicit elopement, all tied together with Rossini's fabulous tunes.
Presented from the Met by Debra Lew Harder, with commentator Anthony Roth Costanzo.
Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Figaro, the barber ..... Andrey Zhilikhovsky (baritone)
Rosina, Dr. Bartolo's ward ..... Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo-soprano)
Count Almaviva ..... Jack Swanson (tenor)
Doctor Bartolo ..... Péter Kálmán (bass)
Don Basilio, music teacher ..... Alexander Vinogradov (bass)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor Giacomo Sagripanti
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