// Rossini //
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Friday, February 2, 2024 at 7:30PM
Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 2:00PM
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE runs approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes including one intermission.
Performed in Italian with English supertitles.
OPERA OVERVIEW
Music by Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini, from the play Le barbier de Séville by Pierre de Beaumarchais
World premiere: Teatro Argentina, Rome, February 20, 1816
United States premiere: Park Theater, New York, May 3, 1819
Rossini’s recognizable melodies set the stage for a madcap matchmaking musical comedy. Audiences will delight in a plot fraught with bribery, mischievous deception, and disguise all in the name of love.
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
HBCU Night at the Opera will be Friday, February 2, 2024 at 7:30PM
QUESTIONS? We’re here to help! Call the Box Office at 919.792.3853.
This production of THE BARBER OF SEVILLE is generously underwritten by C. Thomas Kunz and Rosemarie Sweeney.
THE ARTISTS
Francesca Zambello
Stage Director
Jakob Lehmann
Conductor
Luke Sutliff
Figaro
Lisa Marie Rogali
Rosina
David Walton
Count Almaviva
Musa Ngqungwana
Don Basilio