Il barbiere di Siviglia

The music

• Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia

The performers

• Rory Macdonald conductor
• Annabel Arden director
• Joanna Parker designer
• Toby Sedgwick movement director
• James Farncombe lighting designer
• Cecilia Molinari Rosina
• Germán Olvera Figaro
• Jonah Hoskins Count Almaviva
• Fabio Capitanucci Dr Bartolo
• London Philharmonic Orchestra
• The Glyndebourne Chorus

Quick-witted comedy and sparkling romance take centre stage in a show full of Spanish colour and warmth.

When Rosina teams up with cunning Figaro and amorous Count Almaviva to escape Dr Bartolo’s clutches, a hilarious battle of wills ensues. This is an evening of sharp humour and unexpected twists, all set to Rossini’s glittering score.

Sung in Italian with English supertitles.