May 26, 2007

CRANK UP THE VCR:

GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: "The Barber of Seville" (Premieres May 26, 2007 on PBS)

Composer: Gioacchino Rossini

Librettist: Cesare Sterbini, based on the play by Pierre Beaumarchais

Production: Bartlett Sher

Conductor: Maurizio Benini

Performers: Joyce DiDonato (Rosina), Juan Diego Flórez (Count Almaviva), Peter Mattei (Figaro), John del Carlo (Dr. Bartolo), John Relyea (Don Basilio), Claudia Waite (Berta), Mark Schowalter (Sergeant), Brian Davis (Fiorello), Rob Besserer (Ambrogio)

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 26, 2007 12:00 AM
Comments

oj,
Philistine that I am, I much prefer this version.
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=42703&fr=
Mike

Posted by: Mike at May 25, 2007 9:30 PM

VCR?

Have you seen how cheap DVD-Rs have gotten?

Posted by: Bob Hawkins at May 26, 2007 8:39 AM

And I much prefer this version of "The Marriage of Figaro" as performed by Butch:

http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=1111118647

Posted by: ted welter at May 26, 2007 10:59 AM
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