«Севильский цирюльник» Россини
Гриша Асагарофф (режиссёр-постановщик), Нелло Санти (дирижёр) – С Веселиной Казаровой (Розина) – Цюрихский оперный театр
Состав
Рейнальдо Масиас — Count Almaviva
Карлос Шоссон — Doctor Bartolo, Rosina's guardian
Веселина Казарова — Rosina, Dr. Bartolo's ward
Мануэль Ланца — Figaro, the Barber of Seville
Николай Гяуров — Don Basilio, a music teacher
Валерий Мурга — Fiorillo, a servant to the Count
Кеннет Робертсон — Ambrogio, a servant to Dr. Bartolo
Элизабет Раи Магнусон — Berta, a servant to Dr. Bartolo
Нелло Санти — Дирижёр
О программе
In Zurich, a Barber of Seville full of energy and humour with a perfect Rosine
Filmed in April 2001 at the Zurich Opera, this Barber of Seville is by the excellent Rossini. Grischa Asagaroff's direction is full of inspiration and humour: the scenery, a huge fan (naturally since we are in Seville) which swivels facilitating the "production" of gags, and the transposition into the 1930s with the appropriate costumes, side-car and scooter is effective.
Acclaimed by the audience, the conductor Nello Santi, who is at home at the Zurich Opera (he was the musical director there for ten years, 1958-1968) is a Rossinian conductor of great stature who also plays the piano part. But the real jewel in this film is Rosine played by Vesselina Kasarova who is an authentic mezzo-soprano coloratura. A virtuoso musician and perfect actor, she is charm personified. Around her is an excellent distribution and it is a delight to see Nicolaoi Ghiaurov in the role of Basil which he performs with great experience.