A Barber as frothy as Figaro’s shaving foam

Von Mark Pullinger, 29 September 2015

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“I doubt Miller’s production would have looked out of place at the opera's 1816 première”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: The London Coliseum, London, am 28 September 2015

Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Der Barbier von Sevilla)

English National Opera

Christopher Allen, Musikalische Leitung

Sir Jonathan Miller, Regie

Tanya McCallin, Bühnenbild

Kathryn Rudge, Rosina

Eleazar Rodriguez, Graf Almaviva

Morgan Pearse, Figaro

Andrew Shore, Dr Bartolo

Katherine Broderick, Berta

Barnaby Rea, Don Basilio

Matthew Durkan, Fiorello

Peter Relton, Wiederaufnahmeleitung

English National Opera Orchestra

English National Opera Chorus

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Shore’s Bartolo shines in a Barber as frothy as Figaro’s shaving foam at ENO