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Unalloyed, escapist entertainment: The Barber of Seville opens Glyndebourne’s season

Germán Olvera (Figaro)
© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Tristram Kenton
Johan Hoskins (Count Almaviva) and Germán Olvera (Figaro)
© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Tristram Kenton
Alessio Cacciamani (Don Basilio) and Fabio Capitanucci (Dr Bartolo)
© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Tristram Kenton
Jonah Hoskins (Count Almaviva) and Cecilia Molinari (Rosina)
© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Tristram Kenton
Germán Olvera (Figaro) and ensemble
© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Tristram Kenton
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“Olvera is a Mexican version of Tigger, with irrepressible energy and charisma by the bucketload”
Reviewed at Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne on 16 May 2025
Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Rory Macdonald, Conductor
Annabel Arden, Director
Joanna Parker, Set Designer, Costume Designer
James Farncombe, Lighting Designer
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Cecilia Molinari, Rosina
Germán Olvera, Figaro
Jonah Hoskins, Count Almaviva
Fabio Capitanucci, Dr Bartolo
Ailish Tynan, Berta
Jonathan Eyers, Officer
Alessio Cacciamani, Don Basilio
Hector Bloggs, Fiorello
Glyndebourne revives Michieletto’s Kátya Kabanová
***11
All the world’s a jest: Falstaff returns to Glyndebourne
***11
A strong new Figaro opens at Glyndebourne
****1
Glyndebourne's Saul still packs a punch 10 years on
*****
Unhurried suspense in a very English Parsifal
****1
Philosophy trumps passion in Glyndebourne’s Tristan
***11
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