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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

Eiffel Art Studios: Bánffy StageÉszaki Műhely Kőbánya, Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary
Dates/times in Budapest time zone
Saturday 10 April 202711:00
Saturday 17 April 202711:00
Sunday 25 April 202711:00
Programme
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)Il barbiere di SivigliaLibretto by Cesare Sterbini
Performers
Hungarian State Opera
Sámuel Csaba TóthConductor
Csaba KáelDirector
Éva SzendrényiSet Designer
Anikó NémethCostume Designer
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
Hungarian State Opera Chorus
Istvan HorvathTenorCount Almaviva
András KissBaritoneDr Bartolo
Laura TopolánszkySopranoRosina
Zsolt HajaBaritoneFigaro
László SzvétekBassDon Basilio
Mária FarkasrétiSopranoBerta
Gergely HalászBaritoneOfficer

It is safe to say that one of the most beloved and most performed works in the comic opera genre is Gioachino Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia. Thus, it cannot be missing from the OPERA repertoire. In the revival of his previous staging, which was originally performed in Szombathely in the summer of 2016 and then at Müpa Budapest, Csaba Káel director, who has already entertained audiences of the OPERA with numerous other productions, places this work in the silent film era, magnifying the humorous situations in a lighter and endlessly witty musical setting. The production also seeks to dust off the centuries-old traditions of performance and to present the opera in its original freshness.

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia