Scene from: The Barber of Seville
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling
Filmed in the old theatre at Glyndebourne in 1981, The Barber of Seville is fast, funny and furious. Gioachino Rossini's opera boasts a torrent of sparkling music, while John Cox's innovative production - sometimes outrageously boisterous, sometimes subtly inventive - adds its own distinctive lustre to this comic masterpiece.
Starring Maria Ewing, John Rawnsley and Max-René Cosotti, the most popular of all Rossini's operas, it tells the story of a flighty young ward, the jealous old guardian who wishes to marry her and the romantic aristocratic young lover who, with the assistance of the local barber and several clever disguises, carries her off from under her guardian's nose.
In dazzling form, American soprano, Maria Ewing, portrays a bewitching Rosina. Alluring, capricious and irresistible, she combines her talents as a brilliant comic actress with a "... warm, vibrant voice that excels in coloratura." THE STAGE.
"...sparkling entertainment with an abundance of comic twists and witty characterisation."
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Cast: Fiorello - Robert Dean, Count Almaviva - Max-René Cosotti, Figaro - John Rawnsley, Rosina - Maria Ewing, Bartolo - Claudio Desderi, Berta - Catherine McCord, Basilio - Ferruccio Furlanetto, an Officer - Hugh Davies.
Catalogue: 4509992232