Organization

Conductor

Christoph Stiller

Stage director

Michiel Dijkema

Costume designer

Claudia Damm

Chorus master

Anton Tremmel

Dramaturge

Karin Dietrich

Singer

Tenor

Francisco Brito

The Count of Almaviva

Bass

Thomas de Vries

Doctor Bartolo

Mezzo-soprano

Merit Ostermann

Rosina

Baritone

Brett Carter

Figaro

Bernd Hofmann

Don Basilio

Erik Biegel

Fiorello

Thomas Braun

An officer

Aldomir Mollov

Silent

Arnd Maier

A notary

Anthéa

Orchestra

Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden

Others

Wiesbadener Knabenchor

Il barbiere di Siviglia -  (The Barber of Seville)

Antibes

France

Public

The Barber of Seville

Approved

Il barbiere di Siviglia Rossini

the story
in Seville in the 18th century. The merry barber Figaro helps Count Almaviva conquer Rosina. But Rosina is jealously guarded by the old Doctor Bartolo who intends, helped by the sinister Don Basilio, to marry his ward as soon as possible. What to do to counter the plans of the old man? Figaro is not short of ideas. However the first attempt fails. The second getaway will almost succeed, and after exchanging tickets, disguises and cleverly settled preposterous situations, the love of the beautiful Rosina and Count Almaviva, finally restored to its true identity, will end up triumphing.
The Barber of Seville by Gioacchino Rossini has several records: composed in two weeks, it is the work of a twenty-four-year-old composer, who is already on his seventeenth opera! This production of the Wiesbaden Opera succeeds in rising to the height of such prowess as the music under the baton of Marc Piollet springs here with ease, clarity and crazy speed. The distribution is in tune. As for the sets, costumes and staging, they give way to the greatest craziness.

what they think
This Figaro is not only very brilliant from the point of view of the voices, but it enchants the public for the very particular treatment of its plot, an extremely imaginative staging, costumes and hairstyles full of audacity. You have to see it and hear it! Wiesbadener Kurier

No need to be a prophet: this Barber will be the workhorse of the year. Rossini's famous opera, performed at the State Theater in Wiesbaden, fulfills all audience expectations: speed, color, wit and class. Frankfurter Rundschau

English

The Barber of Seville by Rossini, From (2013/2013), Directed by Michiel Dijkema,, Conductor Christoph Stiller, Anthéa, Antibes, France

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