Uncontested masterpiece of the whole food repertoire,The Barbier of Sevilleis a precision mechanic: adapting the Beaumarchais room with engineering,Rossinienchains the most attractive airs and ensembles, in a plot of richness and a funnyness without equivalent! We still wonder how this pure jewel of finesse and intelligence could have known suchfiascothe day of his creation...

We can trustBenoît Bénichouto give back all his life and his news to this pochade much deeper than it seems, with his seduction and power games, but also his well-known social and political critique. Under Beatrice Venezi's greedy wand, a brilliant distribution led by some shocked rossinians, in the first rows of whichLilly Jørstad,Dave MonacoandGurgen Baveyan.

Show in Italian, titled in French and English

New production - Opéra Nice Côte d'Azur

A melodrama in two acts of Gioachino Rossini on a booklet of Cesare Sterbini.
Creation at the Teatro Argentina de Roma on 20 February 1816.

Musical directionBeatrice Venezi
StageBenoît Benichou
DecorsChristophe Ouvrard
CostumesBruno Fatalot
LightsMathieu Cabanes
VideoLaurent de la Rosa

He Conte Di AlmavivaDave Monaco
BartoloMarc Barrard
RosinaLilly Jørstad
FigaroGurgen Baveyan
BasilioAdrian Sampetrean
BertaCristina Giannelli
FiorelloThibaut Desplantes

Orchestre Philarmonique de Nice
Choir of the Nice Opera