The Barber of Seville (Il Barbiere Di Siviglia)
From: Thursday, 19th April 2012
To: Saturday, 21 April 2012
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Synopsis
Il barbiere di Siviglia. A young English aristocrat arrives in Seville to woo the lovely Rosina. However, she is being pursued by an unscrupulous older man, Bartolo and it is only with the ingenious help of the quick thinking barber, Figaro, that the situation is rescued.
Our Review:
Anne Morley-Priestman - 19 April 2012
Believe it or not, there are a couple of friendly ghosts hovering over James Meek’s revival of Peter Knapp’s version of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville for Impact Opera. These are W S Gilbert and Cole Porter. Beaumarchais’ original play is distinctly in the foreground as well.
The whole point of this “highlights” production is to make it accessible for a non-specialist audience, especially one which has never been to the opera before. So the recitatives are ditched, the orchestration is reduced – the 14-piece ensemble is on-stage throughout – and the action is updated to 1930s Spain, just as the Civil War breaks out.
It works very well as a musical comedy. Bartolo is a hotel proprietor (guests under 60 actively discouraged), Basilio (Martin Nelson) becomes an even-slimier-than-usual fixer (he obviously going to cosy up to Franco very quickly) and Almaviva is a young English peer who saw Rosina in P...
Creative
Rossini (Music)
Sterbini (after [Beaumarchais]) (Lyrics)
Impact Theatre (Company)
Peter Knapp (Adaptation)
Peter Knapp (Director)
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