BARBER OF SEVILLE
by Gioachino Rossini

(Largo)

(Una Poca)

Dates and Times:
Sunday, November 15, 2009 (2:00 pm)
Friday, November 20, 2009 (7:30 pm)
Sunday, November 22, 2009 (2:00 pm)

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CAST
Rosina:                      Irene Roberts*
Count Almaviva:          Gregory Zavracky*
Figaro:                       Kenneth Mattice*
Doctor Bartolo:           Richard Cassell*
Fiorello:                     Donn Bradley
Basilio:                      Michael Ventura*
Berta:                        Sarah-Nicole Ruddy-Carter*

PRODUCTION TEAM
Conductor:                  Ryan Murray
Director:                     Dr. Joseph Wiggett
Production Designer:   Corey Strauss
Costume Designer:      Cindy DeFilippo
Lighting Designer:        Erik Vose
Chorus Director:          Cherrie Llewellyn*

* Townsend Opera Players Debut

Irene Roberts, mezzo
Palm Beach Opera
Opera Cleveland

Kenneth Mattice, baritone
Baltimore Opera
Opera San Jose

Gregory Zavracky, tenor
Boston Lyric Opera
Utah Opera

Two acts with one intermission sung in English with English supertitles. Approximate running time of 2 hours 30 minutes

Follow Count Almaviva on his complicated and hilarious quest to steal the love of the ravishing Rosina from the old and crusty Doctor Bartolo.  Laugh as he consorts with Figaro, the resourceful and mischievous town barber, as they try to connive their way into her home and then her heart in this riotous romantic comedy.

Learn more about Barber of Seville here

Libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on a comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais first performed on February 20, 1816 at the Teatro Argentina in Rome, Italy.  American premiere on November 29, 1825 at the Park Theater in New York.  Holds the distinction of being the first Italian opera performed in America.

(image) Theodore Baerg and Gregory Dahl in Edmonton Opera's 2007 production of Barber of Seville.  Photo Ellis Brothers Photography