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The Met in HD, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, 2007

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Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 24 March 2007
Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia
Metropolitan Opera
Maurizio Benini, Conductor
Bartlett Sher, Director
Joyce DiDonato, Rosina
Juan Diego Flórez, Count Almaviva
Peter Mattei, Figaro
John Del Carlo, Dr Bartolo
Rob Besserer, Ambrogio
John Relyea, Don Basilio
Brian Davis, Fiorello
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
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