| Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868) | Il barbiere di Siviglia | Libretto by Cesare Sterbini |
| Matthew Kofi Waldren | Conductor | ||
| Oliver Platt | Director | ||
| Neil Irish | Set Designer | ||
| Opera Holland Park Chorus | |||
| City of London Sinfonia | |||
| Kitty Whately | Mezzo-soprano | Rosina | |
| Nico Darmanin | Tenor | Count Almaviva | |
| Nicholas Lester | Baritone | Figaro | |
| Jonathan Veira | Bass | Dr Bartolo | |
| Kozári Alinka | Soprano | Berta | |
| Alistair Sutherland | Bass | Officer | |
| Tom Asher | Baritone | Ambrogio | |
| William Robert Allenby | Bass | Don Basilio | 2014 Jun 11, 13, 15 mat, 16, 18, 20, 25, 28 |
| Nicholas Crawley | Bass | Don Basilio | 2014 Jun 07 |
| Nicholas Crawley | Bass | Fiorello |
June 16: featuring singers from The Christine Collins Young Artists
Jun 18 Charity Gala in aid of The Rugby Portobello Trust
First performed at the Teatro Argentine, Rome on 20 February 1816
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on Pierre Beaumarchais's comedy Le barbier de Séville
Sung in Italian with English surtitles
New production
Rossini's glorious, riotous comedy is an opera that needs little introduction. It is a masterpiece of operatic invention and is among the top five most performed operas around the world. It provides the 2014 season with much needed levity. Counts, doctors, barbers, disguise, love, mischief and a veritable greatest hits of opera melody makes for a pretty comprehensive night of joy.
Chorus generously supported by Mrs Angela Lascelles
Matthew Waldren is generously supported by Fiona and Andrew Brannon
Ticket sales begin online on Thursday 24 April 2014.
