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Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia / Weikert, Nucci, Battle, Blake, Metropolitan Opera


Release Date: 05/11/2010 
Label:  Deutsche Grammophon   Catalog #: 001422309  
Composer:  Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  Rockwell Blake,  Kathleen Battle,  Leo Nucci,  Ferruccio Furlanetto,   ... 
Conductor:  Ralf Weikert
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Chorus,  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Number of Discs: 2 
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Notes and Editorial Reviews

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

Technical Specifications:
Region Code: 0 (worldwide) Read more
Menu Languages: English
Subtitles: German/English/French/Italian/Spanish/Chinese Read less

Works on This Recording

1. 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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