DVD + Blu-Ray:
Gioachino Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Rossini’s masterpiece Il barbiere di Siviglia staged by Laurent Pelly at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées featuring one of the best Figaros, Florian Sempey.

Opera buffa in two acts, 1816
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini after Le Barbier de Séville

Rossini’s comic masterpiece was based on Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais’s French play Le Barbier de Séville and is the ultimate Opera buffa. The score is a compendium of the composer’s wittiest and most brilliant writing, and includes the famous entrance aria Largo al factotum and a raft of superbly dynamic ensembles.

This vibrant and youthful production features Florian Sempey, one of the world’s best Figaros, the ‘Rossini tenor’ Michele Angelini, vivacious and critically admired Catherine Trottmann, and the award-winning team of acclaimed director Laurent Pelly and conductor Jérémie Rhorer who directs his spirited period ensemble Le Cercle de l’Harmonie.

Figaro: Florian Sempey, Baritone
Rosina: Catherine Trottmann, Mezzo-soprano
Il Conte Almaviva: Michele Angelini, Tenor
Bartolo: Peter Kalman, Baritone
Basilio: Robert Gleadow, Bass-baritone
Berta: Annunziata Vestri, Mezzo-soprano

Le Cercle de L'harmonie
Unikanti
Conductor Jérémie Rhorer
Stage Director / Set and Costume Designer Laurent Pelly

Video Director: François Roussillon
Filmed on 13 and 16 December 2017 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France

[2.110592 / NBD0065V]
Total time: 159 min · Language: Italian · Subtitles: Italian, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean

DVD: NTSC 16:9 · AC3 Dolby Digital 2.0 and DTS 5.0 · DVD 9 · Region: 0
BD: HD 16:9 · PCM stereo and DTS-MA 5.0 · BD 50 · Region: A, B, C