SALLE WILFRID-PELLETIER 175 Saint-Catherine St WMontréal, QC H2X 1Y9 Start: Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 7:30 PM End: Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 4:00 PM Time Zone: Eastern Time Add to my calendar Outlook Calendar Google Calendar Yahoo! Calendar iCal Calendar Remind Me
The Barber of Seville, RossiniSummaryThe first play of a comic trilogy (Beaumarchais) that shocked the 18th-century elite is the basis of Rossini's masterpiece The Barber of Seville. Teeming with action and bursting with unforgettable melodies, this opera is sure to make you break out into laughter. In the whimsical approach of stage director Joan Font and the Spanish troupe Els Comediants, this production cleverly incorporates some circus arts, acrobatics, and pantomime. For the occasion, the Orchestre Métropolitain will reunite with Spanish conductor Pedro Halffter who conducted the OM in Madama Butterfly in 2023.The youthful Count Almaviva is smitten with the beautiful Rosina, a resourceful young lady jealously shielded by her guardian, Don Bartolo, who secretly plans to marry her. Rosina is charmed by the Count Almaviva's serenading. The roguish barber Figaro comes to the two young lovers' aid. A proliferation of schemes and mistaken identities ensues, all of which are as hilarious as they are effective.