Wednesday, February 26, 2014

The Barber of Seville, San Francisco Opera, Dec. 1 2013

San Francisco Opera presented 11 performances of The Barber of Seville in the space of 19 days. That’s a very ambitious schedule for a single cast, so in a fashion similar to Opera San Jose, the principal roles were shared by two singers. Having reported earlier on another performance, no repetition of the staging is needed.

Our cast:
Figaro: Lucas Meachem
Almviva: Javier Camarena
Rosina: Isabel Leonard
Doctor Bartolo: Alessandro Corbelli
Don Basilio: Andrea Silvestrelli
Berta: Catherine Cook
Fiorello: Ao Li
Conductor: Giuseppe Finzi
Director: Emilio Sagi


The different cast, even with a few bigger names, didn’t make much of a difference. Still a gamma.










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