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Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
• First Release on DVD
• “One of [the Met’s] most ingenious stagings in recent years...made to order for a great Rossini ensemble” —The New York Times
• Star soprano Kathleen Battle “brings a full, lyric richness to the music, right up to the very top of her interpolations, and a bell-clear agility in the coloratura, as well.” —The New York Times
CAST:
Rosina: Kathleen Battle
Count Almaviva: Rockwell Blake
Figaro: Leo Nucci
Dr. Bartolo: Enzo Dara
Don Basilio: Ferruccio Furlanetto
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Ralf Weikert, conductor
Production: John Cox
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Works on This Recording
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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Rockwell Blake (Tenor),
Kathleen Battle (Soprano),
Leo Nucci (Baritone),
Ferruccio Furlanetto (Bass),
Enzo Dara (Bass)
Conductor:
Ralf Weikert
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1816; Italy
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