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Il barbiere di Siviglia - Rossini

Teatro Massimo

Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia

From 18 September TO 25 September 2025
Teatro Massimo - Palermo
Program

Rossini : Il Barbiere di Siviglia 160 mn

Cast
  • Conductor
    Riccardo Bisatti
  • Director
    Stefania Bonfadelli
  • Performers
    Figaro: Matteo Mancini
    Rosina: Laura Verrecchia
    Il Conte d’Almaviva: Giorgio Misseri
    Dottore Bartolo: Giuseppe Toia
    Don Basilio: Simón Orfila
  • Venue Info
  • Seating Plan
  • Synopsis

Teatro Massimo - Palermo LocationPiazza Verdi - 90138 Palermo Italie

The history of the construction of the Teatro Massimo is almost as complicated as its reopening. As early as the end of the 18th century, Marquis Domenico Caracciolo lamented that Palermo did not have a lyrical theater befitting the hometown of Alessandro Scarlatti, the man who composed more than one hundred operas. Although the Teatro Carolino was built in 1801, it soon became too cramped and outdated, never suitable for the increasingly lavish productions of the Romantic era.

In 1844, the repertoire was still limited to Cimarosa, Mayr, Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini. The "Carolino" was even renamed after the latter composer. While the "Bellini," thus named, continued to become outdated, it wasn't until 1851 that the construction of a new building was discussed, 1860 that the authorization appeared in the official journal of Sicily, and 1864 that an architectural competition was launched. Giovanni Battista Filippo Basile's project was chosen: at the architect's death in 1891, the Opera House was still not finished! Expropriating clergymen, solving technical problems, considering changing the project, and in the meantime, even building the Politeama for current performances all caused delays. It wasn't until 1897 that the "Massimo" finally opened its doors...

One could then applaud Enrico Caruso, a young and little-known tenor, on the theatre's stage, as well as singers such as Gigli, Stabile, and Gino Bechi, among the pride and joy of the Italian school. But it was only after the Second World War that the Massimo lived its heyday: conductors such as the young Giulini, Klemperer, and Scherchen came to lead the orchestra, Callas came to sing Brunnhilde and Norma, Sutherland was a revelation in the role of Lucia, while Szymanowski, Honegger, Dallapiccola and Stravinsky, amongst others, were performed....

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Synopsis

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

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In The Barber, the truculent Rossini offers a festival of famous arias with infectious glee. 

Everything swirls in this music where entertainment is the only thing that counts. The voices of this brilliant composer of bel canto are always in the limelight. Il barbiere di Siviglia, composed in 1816 by Rossini, is considered to be the finest example of Italian opera buffa. The libretto is inspired by Beaumarchais' play of the same name, but its social implications are more diffuse than in the French playwright's work. Chronologically, the plot precedes that of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. To attend a performance of The Barber of Seville is to rediscover some of the best-known sung pieces in the classical repertoire, such as Basilio's aria, Figaro's cavatina and Rosina's aria.

In Seville, Count Almaviva is trying to seduce Rosina, the ward of Doctor Bartholo. Bartholo has designs on the young girl and keeps her locked up in his house. Figaro, nicknamed the Babier of Seville, has become the Count's valet and helps his master to win over the woman he loves.

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