IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (The Met: Live in HD)
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024–25 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live transmission of Rossini’s effervescent comedy starring mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina.
SYNOPSIS
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024–25 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live transmission of Rossini’s effervescent comedy on May 31. Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside American tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the ingenious barber of Seville, with Hungarian bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Bartlett Sher’s madcap production.Â
Saturday, May 31, 2025 – 12 p.m.
Sunday, June 1, 2025 – 1 p.m.
TICKET PRICES
$24 General Admission
$22 Seniors
$17 Members, Students, Military
$5Â Â UNL, Nebraska Wesleyan, Union College, and SCC Students
Distributed by
Hearing Assistance
Estimated Run Time
3 hours, 33 minutes (with one intermission)
