The Barber of Seville fact sheet
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Music: Gioachino Rossini
Libretto: Cesare Sterbini, based on the Beaumarchais play Le Barbier de Séville ou la Précaution inutile
World premiere: February 20, 1816, at the Teatro Argentina in Rome
Cast:
Figaro: Joshua Hopkins
Rosina: Isabel Leonard
Count Almaviva: Edgardo Rocha *
Dr. Bartolo: Paolo Bordogna *
Dr. Bartolo (Nov. 9 and 12): Patrick Carfizzi *
Don Basilio: Luca Pisaroni *
Berta: Kathleen O'Mara * †
A Sergeant: Alan Williams †
Creative team:
Conductor: Louis Lohraseb ‡
Director: Rob Ashford *
Scenic Designer: Scott Pask *
Costume Designer: Catherine Zuber
Lighting Designer: Howard Harrison *
Chorus Director: Jeremy Frank
* LA Opera debut
† Member of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program
‡ Alumnus of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program
Performance dates and times:
October 21, 2023, at 7:30pm
October 29, 2023, at 2pm
November 2, 2023, at 7:30pm
November 4, 2023, at 7:30pm
November 9, 2023, at 7:30pm
November 12, 2023, at 2pm
Performed in Italian with English supertitles
Estimated running time: three hours and 5 minutes, including one intermission
Venue: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, 90012)
All programs, artists and dates are subject to change.
Last updated: August 9, 2023
