Photo by Mark HamiltonBack by popular demand – Sir Thomas Allen’s sell-out Barber returns for a second run. This vivacious and cheerful production is bright with the colours of southern Spain and packed with one fast-paced comic scene after another. Read more …
Count Almaviva has fallen in love with the young and beautiful Rosina but she is kept under lock and key by her guardian, Dr Bartolo, who has it in mind to marry her himself. Figaro, the local barber and resident ‘fixer’, signs up to help the rescue mission and has soon invented an outrageously complicated scheme to smuggle Almaviva into Bartolo’s house, and to smuggle Rosina out, right under her guardian’s nose…
With energetic ensembles, high-speed patter and lively coloratura arias, Rossini’s masterpiece is the perfect vehicle for a fantastic ensemble cast, including Ville Rusanen (Guglielmo in 2009’s Cosi fan tutte), Tiziano Bracci and Thomas Walker (Mustafa and Lindoro in 2009’s The Italian Girl in Algiers), and Claire Booth (Dorinda in 2011’s Orlando).
REVIVAL OF THE 2007 PRODUCTION
It’s not flashy, but it is solid: warm-hearted, handsome, affectionately funny and...very well sung.
I can only comment that the production is a pleasure which deserves to be repeated. Frivolous and frothy it certainly is, and who would wish it any other way?
As Scottish Opera approaches its golden jubilee, it is reassuring to know that there is a treasury of world class productions in its repertoire, of which this Barber of Seville deserves special mention.
As is to be expected of Scottish Opera, almost everything about this production is of a high standard.
Scottish Opera's revival of their 2007 production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville is a consumate reminder of why this piece continues to be such a popular favourite.
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Preview
Theatre Royal, Glasgow from Friday October 21, 2011, until Saturday October 29, 2011. No performance on th 22nd, 24th, 26th and 28th.. More info: www.theambassadors.com/theatreroyalglasgow/
Eden Court Theatre, Inverness from Thursday November 3, 2011, until Saturday November 5, 2011. No performance on the 4th.. More info: www.eden-court.co.uk
His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen from Thursday November 10, 2011, until Saturday November 12, 2011. No performance on the 11th.. More info: www.hmtaberdeen.com
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh from Tuesday November 15, 2011, until Saturday November 19, 2011. No performance on the 16th and 18th.. More info: http://www.edtheatres.com/festival
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