Met Opera Season 2024-25: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production. 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. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

Rating: CTC

Runtime: 213 mins

Director: The Metropolitan Opera

Actors: Aigul Akhmetshina, Alexander Vinogradov, Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Jack Swanson, Peter Kalman

Session Times

Eastend Cinemas

Sat, Jul 5:

13:00

Sun, Jul 6:

11:30

Tue, Jul 8:

12:30

Wed, Jul 9:

18:00

Prospect Cinemas

No sessions running at Prospect this week

Highlights

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M From: Dec 6, 2024
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