Tonight we have a 2007 Met production of Rossini’s Barber of Seville. Audiences went wild for Bartlett Sher’s dynamic production, which found fresh and surprising ways to bring Rossini’s effervescent comedy closer to them than ever before. The stellar cast leapt to the challenge with irresistible energy and bravura vocalism. Lawrence Brownlee is Count Almaviva, who fires off showstopping coloratura as he woos Joyce DiDonato’s spirited Rosina-with assistance from Russell Braun as the one and only Figaro, Seville’s beloved barber and man-about-town.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 16th January, 7pm-10pm