Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia

The composers opera buffa transcends the spirit of Beaumarchais comedy and combines the absurd with a touch of satirical realism in a score where rhythm and virtuosity place the comic effects in an ongoing dramatic narration As a result the characters Rosina in particular gain a new degree of realism and break with the usual archetypes Damiano Michielettos giddying production embraces this perpetual motion and carries in its wake the happy couple formed by Lawrence Brownlee and Pretty Yende