The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Overview

Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside high-flying tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the titular barber of Seville, with bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast.

Directed by Bartlett Sher

Top cast

Aigul Akhmetshina

Rosina

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Peter Kálmán

Dr. Bartolo

Jack Swanson

Count Almaviva

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Andrey Zhilikhovsky

Figaro

Alexander Vinogradov

Don Basilio

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Jay Dunn

Ambrogio

Anthony Roth Costanzo

Himself - Host

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