Performances
Opera
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Gioachino Rossini
From 2 to 29 October 2027
Opera buffa in two acts Libretto by Cesare Sterbini Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala Teatro alla Scala Production |
| Conductor | GIULIO CILONA |
|---|---|
| Staging | LEO MUSCATO |
| Sets | FEDERICA PAROLINI |
| Costumes | SILVIA AYMONINO |
| Lights | ALESSANDRO VERAZZI |
| Choreography | NICOLE KEHRBERGER |
Cast
| Conte di Almaviva | Jack Swanson (2, 14, 19, 23, 27 ott.) / To be defined (8, 16, 21, 25, 29 ott.) |
| Bartolo | Marco Filippo Romano (2, 14, 19, 21, 25, 27 ott.) / Omar Montanari (8, 16, 23, 29 ott.) |
| Rosina | Mara Gaudenzi (2, 14, 19, 23, 27 ott.) / Chiara Amarù (8, 16, 21, 25, 29 ott.) |
| Figaro | Boris Pinkhasovich (2, 14, 19, 21, 25, 27 ott.) / Lodovico Filippo Ravizza (8, 16, 23, 29 ott.) |
| Basilio | Huanhong Li |
| Fiorello | Gianluca Failla |
| Berta | Serena Gamberoni |
In brief
Legendary from the very circumstances of its composition, completed with astonishing speed, and from its premiere, which took place in 1816 at the Teatro Argentina in Rome amid protests from the supporters of Paisiello, whose Barbiere had dominated the stage for more than thirty years, Il barbiere di Siviglia is among the most beloved and frequently performed operas in the world. Its success lies in an inexorable comic mechanism that tempers the social criticism of Beaumarchais’s original text with unprecedented rhythmic energy and continuous melodic invention. Leo Muscato’s staging, which relocates the story among the backstage areas and dressing rooms of a theatre, restores depth to the relationships between the characters, highlighting their humanity, by turns tender and cruel. Giulio Cilona, a young conductor rising at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, conducts his first opera at La Scala, with Boris Pinkhasovich as Figaro, Mara Gaudenzi, a former student of the La Scala Academy, as Rosina, and Jack Swanson as Almaviva.
