May 31, 2025 | 1 pm @ Legacy Theatres
• MAY 31:The Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HDperformance of Rossini’s“Il Barbiere di Siviglia”is broadcast at Legacy Theaters, Bristol, Va., at 1 p.m. Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production. Two star mezzo-sopranos – Isabel Leonard and Aigul Akhmetshina – headline a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosino, alongside high-flying tenors Lawrence Brownlee and Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, County Almaviva. Baritones Davide Luciano and Andrey Zhilikhobsky star as Figaro, the infamous barber of Seville, with baritone Nicola Alaimo and bass-baritone Peter Kalman as Dr. Bartolo and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts. $17.12- $24.61. www.bristol.legacytheaters.com
Category: Opera