The Met: Il Barbiere di Siviglia | 12A | 3h 35mins | 1 Interval

Rossini- Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Revival) The Metropolitan Operas 202425 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live broadcast of Rossinis effervescent comedy on May 31. Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside American tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the ingenious barber of Seville, with Hungarian bass-baritone Peter Kalman as Dr. Bartolo and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Bartlett Shers madcap production.