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FORT WORTH OPERA PERFORMANCE OF "BARBER OF SEVILLE" AT BASS HALL!!
- Item Number
- 217
- Estimated Value
- 390 USD
- Sold
- 175 USD to bbfbf9640
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
TICKETS FOR TWO TO A FRIDAY NIGHT STELLAR PERFORMANCE OF "BARBER OF SEVILLE" BY THE FORT WORTH OPERA AT BEAUTIFUL BASS HALL!
ONE HILARIOUS TALE THAT ALSO FEATURES SOME OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE MELODIES FROM OPERA.
GIOACHINO ROSSINI Composer
CESARE STERBINI Librettist
Traditional opera lovers will be rolling in the aisles with Rossini’s ever-popular The Barber of Seville in its first FW Opera production since the 2002-2003 season. Beloved for its energetic and recognizable melodies, as well as its notoriously difficult virtuosic passages, this romantic romp will feature a cast of fresh FW Opera faces.
Desperately in love, Count Almaviva — sung by Andrew Stenson in his FWOpera debut — is desperate to win the affections of the beautiful and charming Rosina — portrayed by Megan Marino, also making her FWOpera debut. Standing in the way of their happiness is Rosina’s guardian and all-around curmudgeon Dr. Bartolo — sung by Kyle Albertson in his FWOpera debut — and the meddling music teacher Basilio — Tyler Simpson (Così fan tutte). Guiding the antics and action of the story is 2014 McCammon Voice Competition winner Joo Wan Kang as Almaviva’s trusted confidant and barber, Figaro.
FWOpera favorite David Gately (Ariadne auf Naxos, Così fan tutte, La Traviata) directs while FWOpera Music Director Joe Illick brings Rossini’s dazzling music to life.
The Barber of Seville or the Useless Precaution[1] (French: Le Barbier de Séville ou la Précaution inutile) is a French play by Pierre Beaumarchais, with original music by Antoine-Laurent Baudron. It was initially conceived as a comic opera, and was rejected as such in 1772 by the Comédie-Italienne. The play as it is now known was written in 1773, but, due to legal and political problems of the author, it was not performed until February 23, 1775, at the Comédie-Française in the Tuileries. It is the first play in a trilogy of which the other constituents are The Marriage of Figaro and The Guilty Mother.
Though the play was poorly received at first, Beaumarchais worked some fast editing of the script, turning it into a roaring success after three days. The play's title might be a pun on Tirso de Molina's earlier play El Burlador de Sevilla (The Trickster of Seville). Mozart wrote a set of 12 variations, K. 354, on one of Baudron's songs, "Je suis Lindor".
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