Organization

Singer

Tenor

Dmitry Korchak

The Count of Almaviva

Bass

Bruno Praticò

Doctor Bartolo

Mezzo-soprano

Ketevan Kemoklidze

Rosina

Baritone

Luca Salsi

Figaro

Vittorio Prato

Giovanni Furlanetto

Don Basilio

Soprano

Natalia Roman

Berta

Conductor

Andrea Battistoni

Stage director

Stefano Vizioli

Set designer

Francesco Calcagnini

Costume designer

Anna Maria Heinreich

Lighting designer

Franco Marri

Chorus master

Martino Faggiani

Fiorello

Noris Borgogelli

Ambrogio

Gabriele Bolletta

An officer

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Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma

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Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma

Teatro Regio di Parma

Il barbiere di Siviglia -  (The Barber of Seville)

Parma

Italy

Teatro Regio

In Parma, where audiences are considered the most discerning in all Italy, the benchmark for vocal artists is set traditionally high. Operagoers here are intimately familiar with the works of their favourites, from Rossini to Puccini, and know every tricky corner by heart. God forbid any singer who fails to accomplish the task without due seemliness… Unsurprisingly, then, this performance attempts no directorial experiments. The main setting for this realistically inspired production – both indoors and out – is Rosina’s house, which is converted as required into its constituent parts. One happily turns a blind eye to a (historically authentically dressed) protagonist occasionally being seconded to move a piece of stage scenery. Stage presence, vocal perfection and above all the audibly and visibly gleeful participation of all performers in the action are a more than adequate payoff for the intellectual flights of fancy of other interpretations. Our rewards are found on the one hand in the precise and sure-footed direction of Stefano Vizioli. All performers know exactly the role they are required to play and how best to carry it off. On the other hand, the singers on stage and instrumentalists in the pit seem to enter a new dimension as soon as the Rossini machine gets up to speed. The spirited orchestra plays under the magical baton of Andrea Battistoni, born in Verona in 1987 and appointed principal guest conductor at Parma’s Teatro Regio in January 2011.

Rossini's charming comedy is performed on the classic stage of the Teatro Regio in Parma, Italy. Ketevan Kemoklidze leads as Rosina while the orchestra plays under the magical baton of the young principal guest conductor Andrea Battistoni.

The Barber of Seville by Rossini, From (2011/2011), Directed by Stefano Vizioli,, Conductor Andrea Battistoni, Teatro Regio, Parma, Italy

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