| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2011 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Aleksandra Kurzak shines as Rossini's Rosina |
HOBAN.jpg) Rossini's The Barber of Seville has been his most enduringly well-loved opera. It's in the top ten of operas performed worldwide today, and it has stayed at the top of the most-played lists even when many of his other works were little played. This isn't an accident: it's an easy-going romantic comedy which doesn't demand much and leaves you feeling good and humming the tunes - most particularly, Figaro's bombastic, fast-talking Largo al factotum, which has to be one of the greatest theatrical entrances ever.
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