Opera "The Barber of Seville" by Gioacchino Rossini, after the eponymous play by Beaumarchais.

Recorded at the Bordeaux Opera, directed by Joan FONT and directed by Paolo OLMI, with the Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra, conducted by Paolo OLMI, and the Choir of the Opéra national de Bordeaux, directed by Alexander MARTIN.

With Sergey ROMANOVSKY, tenor (Count Almaviva), Thomas DOLIE, baritone (Figaro), Stéphanie d'OUSTRAC, mezzo soprano (Rosina), Luciano di PASQUALE, bass baritone (Bartolo), Nicolas CORJAL, bass (Basilio), David ORTEGA , baritone (Fiorello and the Officer), Maryse CASTETS, soprano (Berta).

1st part : 96’

2nd part: 53’

A mixture of Catalan madness and Rossinian burlesque.

To ensure that the comedy of the situations was fully exploited in this new production, the Opéra National de Bordeaux brought in Spanish street theatre specialist Joan Font and his team, who was further assisted by choreographer Xevi Dorca and costume designer Joan Guillén.

When the production opened in Houston* in October 2011, Houston Chronicle critic Everett Evans called it “inventive and unpredictable”, applauding it for bringing “fresh fun” to Rossini’s best known opera.