Opera buffa is an ever-popular genre of the art, and more than two centuries after its composition, Rossini's Il barbière di Siviglia remains one this genre's most often staged operas. The music and ...
When Annabel Arden’s staging of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia first appeared at Glyndebourne in 2016, it marked the bicentenary of the opera’s premiere. It consequently felt like an important ...
Aptly prefiguring the festival’s production (opening next month) of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Glyndebourne presents The Marriage’s prequel. Rossini based his hit comic opera on the first ...
Double entendres, extra dialogue and sight gags ensure that Cal McCrystal’s new staging entertains, but it’s at the expense of emotional power. In the pit, John Wilson is superlative, likewise Germán ...