Rossini - Il Barbiere Di Siviglia / Glyndebourne - Warner Music Group Germany

"Glyndebourne Festival Opera"
Fast, funny and furious, Rossini's "Il barbiere di Siviglia" boasts a torrent of sparkling music, while John Cox's production - sometimes outrageously boisterous, sometimes subtly inventive - adds its own distinctive lustre to this comic masterpiece. Rossini's most popular opera tells the story of a flightly young ward, the jealous old guardian who wishes to marry her and the romantic aristocratic young lover who, with the assistance of the local barber and several clever disguises, carries her off from under her guardian's nose. American soprano Maria Ewing excels as a bewitching Rosina, and John Rawnsley gives a virtuoso performance as the witty barber, Figaro.

Music - Gioachino Rossini
Libretto - Cesere Sterbini

Producer - John Cox
Designer - William Dudley
Stage Lighting - Robert Bryan
Directed for Video - Dave Heather

The Glyndebourne Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor - Sylvain Cambreling

Fiorello - Robert Dean
Count Alnaviva - Max-Rene Cosotti
Figaro - John Rawnsley
Rosina - Maria Ewing
Bartolo - Claudio Desderi
Berta - Catherine McCord
Basilio - Ferruccio Furlanetto
An Officer - Hugh Davies