The Metropolitan Opera Il Barbiere di Siviglia (2014)

A youthful cast brings Rossinis immortal comedy to sparkling life led by Christopher Maltman as Figaro the resourceful barber and manabouttown of the title The lovely Isabel Leonard is Rosina the clever young woman at the center of the story and Lawrence Brownlee sings Count Almaviva the man who loves her andwith Figaros helprescues her from the house of her elderly and smitten guardian Bartolo played by Maurizio Muraro Paata Burchuladze is the bumbling music master Basilio and rising conductor and bel canto specialist Michele Mariotti leads the Mets musical forces in Bartlett Shers lively production