Intro
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Opera buffa by Gioachino Rossini
The comic opera »The Barber of Seville« by Gioachino Rossini, which premiered in 1816, carries the subtitle »The Useless Precaution«, and that’s precisely what it’s all about. Avaricious old Dottore Bartolo tries to keep his ward Rosina at home in order to marry her himself to gain the rich dowry. But his plotting is in vain: In various disguises, and with the help of the barber Figaro, the young and much more desirable Count Almaviva melts the young woman’s heart. »The Barber of Seville« is Rossini’s most popular opera due to its virtuoso arias and fast-paced ensembles, false identities and chicanery, all of which are beautifully realised in Grischa Asagaroff’s funny production.
Premiere 12. April 2008
Il barbiere di Siviglia / The Barber of Seville
Gioachino Rossini
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Dates
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Info
- 7 pm – 9.50 pm
- Intermission after 95 minutes
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 9.50 pm
- Intermission after 95 minutes
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 9.50 pm
- Intermission after 95 minutes
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 9.50 pm
- Intermission after 95 minutes
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 9.50 pm
- Intermission after 95 minutes
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 2 pm – 4.50 pm
- Intermission after 95 minutes
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 9.50 pm
- Intermission after 95 minutes
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 9.50 pm
- Intermission after 95 minutes
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 9.50 pm
- Intermission after 95 minutes
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Sub / Packages
The piece is also part of
Sub / Packages
The piece is also part of
Cast
Cast10. Nov 2023Change
- Conductor Evelino Pidò
- Staging Grischa Asagaroff
- Set Design & Costume Design Luigi Perego
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Stefan Ulrich
- Il Conte d'Almaviva Maxim Mironov
- Dottore Bartolo Roberto de Candia
- Rosina Cecilia Molinari
- Figaro Andrei Zhilikhovsky
- Basilio Taras Shtonda
- Fiorello • Offizier Gerrit Illenberger
- Berta Alice Rossi
- Ambrogio Gerald Hupach
Production of the Opera Zürich
Cast14. Nov 2023Change
- Conductor Evelino Pidò
- Staging Grischa Asagaroff
- Set Design & Costume Design Luigi Perego
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Stefan Ulrich
- Il Conte d'Almaviva Maxim Mironov
- Dottore Bartolo Roberto de Candia
- Rosina Cecilia Molinari
- Figaro Andrei Zhilikhovsky
- Basilio Taras Shtonda
- Fiorello • Offizier Gerrit Illenberger
- Berta Alice Rossi
- Ambrogio Gerald Hupach
Production of the Opera Zürich
Cast17. Nov 2023Change
- Conductor Evelino Pidò
- Staging Grischa Asagaroff
- Set Design & Costume Design Luigi Perego
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Stefan Ulrich
- Il Conte d'Almaviva Maxim Mironov
- Dottore Bartolo Roberto de Candia
- Rosina Cecilia Molinari
- Figaro Andrei Zhilikhovsky
- Basilio Alexander Vinogradov
- Fiorello • Offizier Gerrit Illenberger
- Berta Alice Rossi
- Ambrogio Gerald Hupach
Production of the Opera Zürich
Cast23. Nov 2023Change
- Conductor Evelino Pidò
- Staging Grischa Asagaroff
- Set Design & Costume Design Luigi Perego
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Stefan Ulrich
- Il Conte d'Almaviva Maxim Mironov
- Dottore Bartolo Roberto de Candia
- Rosina Cecilia Molinari
- Figaro Andrei Zhilikhovsky
- Basilio Taras Shtonda
- Fiorello • Offizier Gerrit Illenberger
- Berta Alice Rossi
- Ambrogio Gerald Hupach
Production of the Opera Zürich
Cast01. Dec 2023Change
- Conductor Evelino Pidò
- Staging Grischa Asagaroff
- Set Design & Costume Design Luigi Perego
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Stefan Ulrich
- Il Conte d'Almaviva Maxim Mironov
- Dottore Bartolo Marco Filippo Romano
- Rosina Cecilia Molinari
- Figaro Andrei Zhilikhovsky
- Basilio Ildebrando D’Arcangelo
- Fiorello • Offizier Gerrit Illenberger
- Berta Alice Rossi
- Ambrogio Gerald Hupach
Production of the Opera Zürich
Cast03. Dec 2023Change
- Conductor Evelino Pidò
- Staging Grischa Asagaroff
- Set Design & Costume Design Luigi Perego
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Stefan Ulrich
- Il Conte d'Almaviva Pavel Kolgatin
- Dottore Bartolo Marco Filippo Romano
- Rosina Lilly Jørstad
- Figaro Emmett O’Hanlon
- Basilio Ildebrando D’Arcangelo
- Fiorello • Offizier Gerrit Illenberger
- Berta Alice Rossi
- Ambrogio Gerald Hupach
Production of the Opera Zürich
Cast03. Dec 2023Change
- Conductor Evelino Pidò
- Staging Grischa Asagaroff
- Set Design & Costume Design Luigi Perego
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Stefan Ulrich
- Il Conte d'Almaviva Maxim Mironov
- Dottore Bartolo Marco Filippo Romano
- Rosina Cecilia Molinari
- Figaro Andrei Zhilikhovsky
- Basilio Ildebrando D’Arcangelo
- Fiorello • Offizier Gerrit Illenberger
- Berta Alice Rossi
- Ambrogio Gerald Hupach
Production of the Opera Zürich
Cast12. Dec 2023Change
- Conductor Evelino Pidò
- Staging Grischa Asagaroff
- Set Design & Costume Design Luigi Perego
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Stefan Ulrich
- Il Conte d'Almaviva Maxim Mironov
- Dottore Bartolo Marco Filippo Romano
- Rosina Lilly Jørstad
- Figaro Emmett O’Hanlon
- Basilio Taras Shtonda
- Fiorello • Offizier Gerrit Illenberger
- Berta Adriane Queiroz
- Ambrogio Heide Stock
Production of the Opera Zürich
Cast02. Jan 2024Change
- Conductor Alessandro De Marchi
- Staging Grischa Asagaroff
- Set Design & Costume Design Luigi Perego
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Stefan Ulrich
- Il Conte d'Almaviva Maxim Mironov
- Dottore Bartolo Marco Filippo Romano
- Rosina Lilly Jørstad
- Figaro Emmett O’Hanlon
- Basilio Taras Shtonda
- Fiorello • Offizier Gerrit Illenberger
- Berta Roxana Incontrera
- Ambrogio Gerald Hupach
Production of the Opera Zürich
Cast04. Sep 2024Change
- Conductor Daniele Squeo
- Staging Grischa Asagaroff
- Set Design & Costume Design Luigi Perego
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Stefan Ulrich
- Il Conte d'Almaviva Jonah Hoskins
- Dottore Bartolo Misha Kiria
- Rosina Valerie Eickhoff
- Figaro Joshua Hopkins
- Basilio Aleksei Kulagin
- Fiorello • Offizier Gerrit Illenberger
- Berta Roxana Incontrera
- Ambrogio Gerald Hupach
Production of the Opera Zürich
Cast07. Sep 2024Change
- Conductor Daniele Squeo
- Staging Grischa Asagaroff
- Set Design & Costume Design Luigi Perego
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Stefan Ulrich
- Il Conte d'Almaviva Jonah Hoskins
- Dottore Bartolo Misha Kiria
- Rosina Valerie Eickhoff
- Figaro Joshua Hopkins
- Basilio Aleksei Kulagin
- Fiorello • Offizier Gerrit Illenberger
- Berta Roxana Incontrera
- Ambrogio Gerald Hupach
Production of the Opera Zürich
Cast15. Sep 2024Change
- Conductor Daniele Squeo
- Staging Grischa Asagaroff
- Set Design & Costume Design Luigi Perego
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Stefan Ulrich
- Il Conte d'Almaviva Jonah Hoskins
- Dottore Bartolo Misha Kiria
- Rosina Valerie Eickhoff
- Figaro Joshua Hopkins
- Basilio Aleksei Kulagin
- Fiorello • Offizier Gerrit Illenberger
- Berta Roxana Incontrera
- Ambrogio Gerald Hupach
Production of the Opera Zürich
Cast21. Sep 2024Change
- Conductor Daniele Squeo
- Staging Grischa Asagaroff
- Set Design & Costume Design Luigi Perego
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Stefan Ulrich
- Il Conte d'Almaviva Jonah Hoskins
- Dottore Bartolo Misha Kiria
- Rosina Valerie Eickhoff
- Figaro Joshua Hopkins
- Basilio Aleksei Kulagin
- Fiorello • Offizier Gerrit Illenberger
- Berta Roxana Incontrera
- Ambrogio Gerald Hupach
Production of the Opera Zürich
Complete Cast
- Conductor Evelino Pidò(10., 14., 17., 23. November, 01., 03., 12. December 2023), Alessandro De Marchi(02. January 2024), Daniele Squeo(04., 07., 15., 21. September 2024)
- Staging Grischa Asagaroff
- Set Design & Costume Design Luigi Perego
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Stefan Ulrich
- Il Conte d'Almaviva Maxim Mironov(10., 14., 17., 23. November, 01., 03., 12. December 2023, 02. January 2024), Pavel Kolgatin(03. December 2023), Jonah Hoskins(04., 07., 15., 21. September 2024)
- Dottore Bartolo Roberto de Candia(10., 14., 17., 23. November 2023), Marco Filippo Romano(01., 03., 12. December 2023, 02. January 2024), Misha Kiria(04., 07., 15., 21. September 2024)
- Rosina Cecilia Molinari(10., 14., 17., 23. November, 01., 03. December 2023), Lilly Jørstad(03., 12. December 2023, 02. January 2024), Valerie Eickhoff(04., 07., 15., 21. September 2024)
- Figaro Andrei Zhilikhovsky(10., 14., 17., 23. November, 01., 03. December 2023), Emmett O’Hanlon(03., 12. December 2023, 02. January 2024), Joshua Hopkins(04., 07., 15., 21. September 2024)
- Basilio Taras Shtonda(10., 14., 23. November, 12. December 2023, 02. January 2024), Alexander Vinogradov(17. November 2023), Ildebrando D’Arcangelo(01., 03. December 2023), Aleksei Kulagin(04., 07., 15., 21. September 2024)
- Fiorello • Offizier Gerrit Illenberger
- Berta Alice Rossi(10., 14., 17., 23. November, 01., 03. December 2023), Adriane Queiroz(12. December 2023), Roxana Incontrera(02. January, 04., 07., 15., 21. September 2024)
- Ambrogio Gerald Hupach(10., 14., 17., 23. November, 01., 03. December 2023, 02. January, 04., 07., 15., 21. September 2024), Heide Stock(12. December 2023)