Photo via opernhaus wuppertal, (C) Andrea Voß-Acker

Comic opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini · Libretto by Cesare Sterbini, after the play by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais · Sung in Italian with German and English surtitles

"When the splendour of gold shines upon me, I feel as if I have been transformed!"

Rosina is young, beautiful—and destined to inherit a fortune. This makes her guardian, the aging bachelor Dr. Bartolo, eager to marry her himself as soon as she comes of age. But Rosina has other plans: her heart belongs to the dashing Count Almaviva. Determined to win her, the Count enlists the quick-witted barber Figaro, whose bold schemes and clever disguises set off a whirlwind of comic intrigue, outsmarting Bartolo at every turn.

Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia remains one of opera’s greatest box-office successes, a masterpiece of wit, charm, and musical brilliance. Its sparkling overture and effervescent arias have enchanted audiences for over two centuries, inspiring even Heinrich Heine, who called Rossini’s music his “sparkling butterfly dreams… sweetly beguiling and kissing my heart as if with the lips of the Graces.” This is opera at its most joyous—an experience you simply cannot miss!

CAST

Music DIRECTOR | YORGOS ZIAVRAS

STAGING | MARIE ROBERT

Stage DESIGN | Maira Bieler

Costumes | Petra Korink

Chorus Master | Ulrich Zippelius

Dramaturgy | Laura Knoll

COUNT ALMAVIVA | CHARLES SY, A. G.
(29.11., 05.12., 13.12.25, 11.01., 15.03., 08.05., 11.06.26)

GRAF ALMAVIVA | JONGYOUNG KIM
(27.02., 10.03.26)

BARTOLO | OLIVER WEIDINGER

ROSINA | EDITH GROSSMAN
(29.11., 05.12., 13.12.25, 27.02., 10.03., 15.03., 11.06.26)

ROSINA | ROSAMOND THOMAS*
(11.01., 08.05.26)

FIGARO | ZACHARY WILSON
(29.11.25, 27.02., 10.03., 08.05., 11.06.26)

FIGARO | SONO YU*
(05.12., 13.12.25, 11.01., 15.03.26)

BASILIO | AGOSTINO SUBACCHI

BERTA | XÏA WANG, A. G.

FIORILLO | JAVIER HORACIO ZAPATA VERA
(29.11., 13.12.25, 27.02., 15.03., 11.06.26)

FIORILLO | DAVID JERUSALEM
(05.12.25, 11.01., 10.03., 08.05.26)

AN OFFICER | DAVID JERUSALEM
(29.11., 13.12.25, 27.02., 15.03., 11.06.26)

AN OFFICER | HAK-YOUNG LEE
(05.12.25, 11.01., 10.03., 08.05.26)

WITH THE MALE CHORUS OF WUPPERTALER THEATRE AND THE WUPPERTAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

DATES

Premiere: 29 NOVEMBER, 19.30 CET

OTHER DATES: 8 MAY | 11 JUNE