2020–21 Season

The Barber of Seville

MUSIC BY GIOACHINO ROSSINI

JACK OF ALL TRADES. MASTER OF MATCHMAKING.

Count Almaviva must rely on the talents of the quick-witted Figaro if he is to win the beautiful Rosina from her lecherous guardian. Rossini’s timeless lyric comedy returns in Emilio Sagi’s buoyant and irresistible Spanish-themed production.

A San Francisco Opera co-production

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Libretto by Cesare Sterbini

Sung in Italian with English supertitles

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RUNNING TIME

Approximately 3 hours and 9 minutes, including one intermission.

WHO SHOULD SEE IT

Fans of the cheeky comedy of Charlie Chaplin, Molière, and Bugs Bunny; comic operas like Don Pasquale; and lovers in disguise, à la Shakespeare’s The Twelfth Night.

FOUND IN SERIES

A, D, R/R+RBW, G, J, M, C, F, T, X, H, L, O, W

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Sunday	04/25/21	2:00PM
Wednesday	04/28/21	7:30PM
Saturday	05/01/21	7:30PM
Tuesday	05/04/21	7:30PM
Friday	05/07/21	7:30PM
Tuesday	05/11/21	7:30PM
Friday	05/14/21	7:30PM
Sunday	05/16/21	2:00PM

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THE BUZZ

Roderick “Cox is a trailblazer...a conductor who will be in the vanguard.”
—The Star Tribune

“At the evening's heart is the Rosina of Argentine mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack, who nails Rossini's often vertiginous vocal writing with ease and accuracy.”
—The Star Tribune

Sagi's production is "winning and whimsical."
—San Francisco Classical Voice

SYNOPSIS

Need help winning the love of your life? Look no further than amateur matchmaker Figaro, a barber who can execute any number of close shaves.

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Cast and Creative

CAST

Figaro	Lucas Meachem
Rosina	Daniela Mack
Rosina	Stephanie Lauricella ^¹
Almaviva	Levy Sekgapane ^*
Almaviva	Lawrence Brownlee ^¹
Doctor Bartolo	Maurizio Muraro
Don Basilio	Simon Lim
Berta	Catherine Cook

PERFORMANCES

April 25 and 28; May 1, 4, 7, 11, 14, and 16, 2021

CREATIVE

Conductor	Roderick Cox
Production	Emilio Sagi
Set Designer	Llorenç Corbella
Costume Designer	Pepa Ojanguren
Production Designer	David Farley
Chorus Director	Ian Robertson

* San Francisco Opera debut

¹ May 11, 14, and 16

A San Francisco Opera co-production with the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Previous performance of The Barber of Seville can be found in our Archive.

MADE POSSIBLE BY

Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem; and Joan and David Traitel.

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Photos by Cory Weaver.