Met: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024–25 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live broadcast of
Rossini’s effervescent comedy on May 31. Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines
a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside American tenor Jack Swanson, in his
Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars
as Figaro, the ingenious barber of Seville, with Hungarian bass-baritone Peter Ká lmá n as Dr.
Bartolo and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast.
Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Bartlett Sher’s madcap production.
Rossini’s effervescent comedy on May 31. Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines
a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside American tenor Jack Swanson, in his
Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars
as Figaro, the ingenious barber of Seville, with Hungarian bass-baritone Peter Ká lmá n as Dr.
Bartolo and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast.
Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Bartlett Sher’s madcap production.
Cast
Aigul Akhmetshina
Director
Bartlett Sher
Running Time
215 minutes