Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Glyndebourne, 19th May 2019
“Ah, ah, dal ridere sto per crepar!” declares Figaro, chuckling at Doctor Bartolo frozen like a statue. “I am ready to burst with laughter.” Laughter was far from my mind when Annabel Arden’s production of The Barber of Seville opened at Glyndebourne three years ago, yet it’s a very different story this time round. Revival director Sinéad O’Neill has taken Figaro’s razor and sharpened up the stage action, cutting out the mugging to the gallery. What a difference a few cast changes can make.
Hera Hyesang Park (Rosina) and Andrey Zhilikhovsky (Figaro)
© Robert Workman
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