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Met Opera Encore: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (2025)
- Runtime
- 3h 35m
- Release date
- 2 June 2025
- Genres
- Opera
- Classification description
- Restricted to 12+ Or Accomponied by an Adult
- Directors
- The Metropolitan Opera
- Cast
- Alexander Vinogradov, Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Aigul Akhmetshina, Jack Swanson, Peter Kálmán
- Synopsis
- 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.