The Barber of Seville
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Friday, November 15, 2024
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Sunday, November 17, 2024

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Rossini’s RomCom romp follows hopeless romantic Count Almaviva through a plot that unfolds like an operatic obstacle course. With the help of Figaro, a former servant turned barber, Almaviva attempts to run off with his true love, Rosina, before her soon-to-be forced marriage to the scheming Dr. Bartolo. What starts as a simple plan becomes an elaborate comedy of errors with as many twists and turns as there are laughs. Rossini complements the romantic antics with iconic songs stacked like an “Opera’s Greatest Hits” playlist full of melodies so beguiling they’ve found their way into every area of pop culture imaginable. Even first-time operagoers will spend the night exclaiming, “Hey, that’s that one song from that one thing!”

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COMPOSERGioachino Rossini
LIBRETTISTCesare Sterbini
CONDUCTORJames Lowe
DIRECTORMorris Panych
Understand every word:Performed in Italian with English translations projected above the stage.

Principal Cast

Chrystal E. Williams

Rosina

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Matthew Swensen

Count Almaviva

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Johnathan McCullough

Figaro

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Ashraf Sewailam

Doctor Bartolo

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Kristinn Sigmundsson

Don Basilio

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Virginia Reed

Berta

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Alex Smith

Fiorello

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Riley Findley

An Officer

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Creative Team

James Lowe

Conductor

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Morris Panych

Director

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Joshua Horowitz

Assistant Director

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Ken MacDonald

Set Designer

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Dana Osborne

Costume Designer

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Kimberly Purtell

Lighting Designer

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David Zimmerman

Wig and Make-Up Designer

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Piotr Wiśniewski

Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor

Photos of the Show

The Barber of Seville photos by Don Ipock for Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

 

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Season Sponsors

With public support from the State of Missouri and the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.

Additional sponsorship for The Barber of Seville:

This performance is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund.