Il barbiere di Siviglia
Item
Record ID
1022
Identifier
90652
Genre
Work Title
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Uniform Title
Barbiere di Siviglia
Program/Series Title
Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD ; Great performances at the Met
Work Alternate Titles
The barber of Seville
Composer
Text Author
Sterbini, Cesare, 1783-1851 (libretto)
Production Year
2007
Transmission/Release Date
2007-03-24 (Theater transmission) ; 2007-05-26 (PBS)
Transmission/Release Year
Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform
Theater transmission / PBS
Conductor/Music Director
Benini, Maurizio
Orchestra
Metropolitan Opera
Chorus/Choir
Metropolitan Opera
Soloists
Brian Davis (Fiorello) ; Juan Diego Florez (Count Almaviva) ; Peter Mattei (Figaro) ; John Del Carlo (Dr. Bartolo) ; Rob Besserer (Ambrogio) ; Joyce DiDonato (Rosina) ; John Relyea (Don Basilio) ; Claudia Waite (Berta) ; Mark Schowalter (Sergeant)
Participants
Kristen Chenoweth (host) ; Margaret Juntwait (announcer)
TV/Film Director
Halvorson, Gary
Stage Director
Sher, Bartlett
Sets
Yeargan, Michael
Costumes
Zuber, Catherine
Production Company
Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
Producer
Bongiovanni, Mia ; Park, Elena (Supervising Producers ; Briccetti, Louisa ; Warivonchik, Victoria (Producers)
Executive Producer
Gelb, Peter
Technical Information
HDTV
Other Information
Features: Interview with Peter Mattei ; Deborah Voight interviews Juan Diego Florez and Joyce DiDonato ; Peter Gelb interviews Bartlett Sher ; camera follows Peter Mattei and Juan Diego Florez in walk from dressing rooms to their places on stage. A Metropolitan Opera high definition production, Mia Bongiovanni, Elena Park (supervising producers). David Horn, series producer for Great performances. Sonya Friedman (English subtitles).
Duration
ca. 180'
Presenting Station
WNET/13 for PBS release
Company
Metropolitan Opera
Sourcemat
DLCAT -152