The Barber of Seville at San Diego Opera

Yves Abel, conductor
San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Music by Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini
Directed by Chuck Hudson

The Barber of Seville, Rossini’s hilarious prequel to Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, was considered a must-see long before Bugs Bunny brought its frenetic overture to an even larger audience. Count Almaviva is in love with the beautiful Rosina, but how can he get past her paranoid and greedy guardian, Dr. Bartolo? Enter the charismatic, quick-witted barber Figaro, who will stop at nothing to play matchmaker for his lovesick friend. Filled with side-splitting hijinks, mistaken identities, and some of the most popular opera music ever written, this Barber will have you rolling in the aisles before you leave humming Rossini’s infectious tunes.

Sung in Italian with English and Spanish translations projected above the San Diego Civic Theatre stage.

The San Diego Symphony Orchestra's appearance on this San Diego Opera production is supported, in part, by The Joan and Irwin Jacobs San Diego Symphony and San Diego Opera Collaboration Fund.