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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

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