Joyous masterpiece whose success has remained intact over the centuries, the Barber of Seville is the most sparkling of all opera buffas. Director Jean-François Sivadier presents with great glee a punchy version of the play.

“Opera music holds time and poetry in. The music itself implies poetry,” thinks Jean-François Sivadier. And the director knows its subject as he has directed seven operas throughout his career. His version of the Barber of Seville, created successfully in 2013 is endowed with a new generation of singers offering some extravagance – whimsical anachronisms, hilarious misunderstandings. Nothing’s too good for Figaro’s adventures.

Opera buffa in two acts by Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)libretto by Cesare Sterbini (1784-1831)based on Pierre-Augustin Caron’s Beaumarchais. Created on the 20th February 1816 in Rome.