New York City Opera The Barber of Seville (1976)

Performed at the Lincoln Center Conducted by Sarah Caldwell The staging and costuming explicitly telegraphed the characters For example Rosina Beverly Sills has a gown with feathers and her room resembles a birdcage complete with a swing telegraphing her as being confined like a bird Figaro Alan Titus looks like a barber pole while the notary Michael Rubino has an inkwell on his hat Dr Bartolo Donald Gramm wears two pillars that are cracked after his plans to marry Rosina are thwarted Tenor Henry Price as Almaviva sports books in his disguise as a student