Giovanni Paisiello's Barber of Seville: Theater an der Wien

About the Event

René Jacobs conducts opera's most popular comedy.

In Seville, Rosina is being kept from prying eyes in the house of her guardian Bartolo. Because the young lady is beautiful and wealthy, Bartolo intends to marry her. But Rosina has another admirer: a student by the name of Lindoro has secretly been courting her for some time, and she finds the young man considerably more attractive than her guardian…

This production, by the fun‐loving duo Leiser and Caurier, is conducted by Early Music expert René Jacobs, who brings his Freiburger Barockorchester to Vienna for the production, and is sure to delight fans of Jacobs, Rossini, opera, or even just plain fun!

Dramma giocoso per musica in two acts (1782/87). Music by Giovanni Paisiello.

Cast:

Il conte di Almaviva: Topi Lehtipuu
Rosina: Mari Eriksmoen
Bartolo: Pietro Spagnoli
Figaro: Andrè Schuen
Don Basilio: Fulvio Bettini
Lo Svegliato / Un Notaro: Christoph Seidl

Freiburger Barockorchester
René Jacobs, conductor

Sung in Italian with German surtitles.