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Welsh National Opera's Barber of Seville underwhelms

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Reviewed at Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol on 15 March 2016
Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Sung in English)
James Southall, Conductor
Sam Brown, Director
Ralph Koltai, Set Designer
Sue Blane, Costume Designer
Nicholas Lester, Figaro
Claire Booth, Rosina
Nico Darmanin, Count Almaviva
Andrew Shore, Dr Bartolo
Richard Wiegold, Don Basilio
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Welsh National Opera Chorus
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