Great Performances at the Met — Season 1, Episode 5: The Barber of Seville
Documentary • 180 min • 20 seasons, 187 episodes
Episode synopsis
Gioacchino Rossini's classic comic opera “The Barber of Seville” stars Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez as Count Almaviva, whose pursuit of the lovely Rosina (Joyce DiDonato) is aided by the wily barber Figaro (Peter Mattei). Standing in his way is her guardian Dr. Bartolo (John Del Carlo), who plans to marry her himself. Don Basilio: John Relyea. Fiorello: Brian Davis. Ambrogio: Rob Besserer.
About Great Performances at the Met
The Metropolitan Opera's series of live performance transmissions to movie theaters around the world.