FULL THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Los Angeles 2023 Pacific Opera Project
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Il barbiere di Siviglia ossia L'inutile precauzione
- Composer: Gioachino Rossini
- Libretto: Cesare Sterbini based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: The Ford, Los Angeles, California
- Recorded: August 25, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Meagan Martin, Sergio González, Johnathan Mccullough, E. Scott Levin, Andrew Potter, Jared Jones, Diana Farrell, Byron Mayes, Eric Small
- Conductor: KYLE NAIG
- Orchestra: Pacific Opera Project
- Stage Director: JOSH SHAW
- Stage Designer: Dave Handel, Jake Handler
- Costume Designer: Salette Corpuz
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Pacific Opera Project
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Set in current-day Hollywood, pop princess Rosina is fresh out of rehab after a messy breakup and public meltdown. She’s moved in with her overbearing producer and manager, Dr. Bartolo, who has more than her career on his mind. With the assistance of aging rock legend, turned celebrity voice coach, Don Basilio, Bartolo hopes to marry the young Rosina. However, Hollywood heartthrob Count Almaviva also has his eye on Rosina but wants to win her heart the old-fashioned way, not because of his fame, so he disguises himself as a humble student to approach her. Figaro, stylist to the stars, and a man-about-town is on the scene to aid with the love connection. A host of personal assistants, housekeepers, out-of-work actors, and even the LAPD show up in this laugh-a-minute comedy.