February 23, 2007: Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Oslo

2007-02-23 Il Barbiere di Siviglia (G. Rossini), Den Norske Opera

Almaviva = Juan José Lopera
Rosina = Virginia Tola
Figaro = Tom Erik Lie
Dr. Bartolo = Jonathan Veira
Don Basilio = Carsten Stabell
Berta = Toril Carlsen
Fiorello = Stevica Krajinonic
Ambrogio = Huw Reynolds
Notario / Rag doll = Martin Hasselgren
Police Officer = Petter Fegran

Tobias Ringberg, conductor



BARBEREN I SEVILLA

Opera i 2 akter av Gioacchino Rossini
- Libretto: Cesare Sterbini


Premiere: 23/2
Øvrige spilledager: 24/2,26/2, 28/2,1/3, 2/3, 3/3,4/3, 19/3, 22/3, 27/3
Spilletid: ca 2 t og 45 min
Fremføres på italiensk
Norske overtekster

Musikalsk ledelse: Tobias Ringberg
Regi: Francois de Carpentries
Dramaturg: Karine van Hercke
Scenografi: Emmanuel Clolus
Kostymer: Karine van Hercke
Lysdesign: Pierre Berthomé
Kormester: Steffen Kammler



Den Norske Operas kor
Den Norske Operas orkester

Produksjonen er et samarbeid med Opéra National de Lorraine, Nancy

The very famous ouverture beautifully played by the orchestra. At more than one occasion the orchestra stopped for so many seconds that a new listened would have thought the overture suddenly died. The conductor played the hammer-piano in the recitatives, although the singers were lively, the accompanist made so many extra thrills that it seemed to take forever until a new aria broke out and we could start enjoying ourselves again. But luckily the drama strong and very good comedy it was too.

Juan Jose Lopera was a wonderful Almaviva, wonderfully sung, acted. Tom Erik Lie was a very young Figaro, very enjoyable and humorous and a great voice. Doctor Bartolo was fully embodied with Jonathan Veira, a great singer and actor. Don Basilio was also wonderfully played and sung by Carsten Harboe Stabell. It was very sad that role of Berta has so little to sing but Toril Carlson sang Berta's aria wonderfully, what a wonderful warm soprano voice she has. Virginia Tola sang Rosina as mezzo soprano, beautiful sung and acted but she seemed to have a little voice compared to the other singers. Maybe she did not dare sing out too much.

The opera started at 1900 and ended at approx. 2200. And so my parents took the 2250 bus home. If we had come to late for that one, we would have to wait until 0050, 2 more hours.

The second act of il Barbiere was such a lot of fun, that I used many more muscles in my face than usual. "pace e gioia" . Juan Jose Lopera as the monk Don Alonso, hilarious...

February 2007: Il Barbiere in Oslo (2007-02-23)

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September 28, 1989: Barbiere di Siviglia in Oslo

1989-09-20
General Rehearsal

Tuesday, September 28
DEN NORSKE OPERA
BARBEREN I SEVILLA (Il Barbiere di Siviglia)
by GIOACCHINO ROSSINI



1989-09-28 Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini), Den Norske Opera (Oslo)

Rosina = Itziar Martinez Galdos
Almaviva = Neill Archer
Figaro = Trond Halstein Moe
Bartolo = Enzo Florimo
Basilio = Johann Tilli
Berta = Torill Carlsen
Fiorillo = Ulf Øien

Carlo Felice Cillario, conductor

Loved Itziar Marinez Galdos and Torill Carlsen as Rosina and Berta

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September 20, 2003: Barbiere di Siviglia in Vienna

2003-09-20 Il Barbiere di Siviglia (G. Rossini), Wiener Staatsoper

Almaviva = Juan Diego Florez
Bartolo = Alfred Sramek
Rosina = Enkelejda Shkosa
Figaro = Carlos Alvarez
Basilio = Kurt Rydl
Fiorello = Eirijo Kaioil
Ambrogio = Oleg Savara
Marcellina (Berta) = Aarona Bogdan
Ein Offizier = Johann Reinprecht

Fabio Luisi, conductor




Wiener Staatsoper
Samstag, 20. september 2003
305. Aufführung in dieser Inszenierung

Il barbiere di Siviglia
Commedia in zwei Akten
von Cesare Sterbini nach dem gleichnamigen Lustspiel von Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Musik von Gioachino Rossini

Dirigent Fabio Luisi
Nach einer Inszenierung
von Günther Rennert
Regie Richard Bletschacher
Ausstattung Alfred Siercke
Chorleitung Ernst Dunshirn


IL BARBIERE IN SIVIGLIA. 19.30-22.15


The conductor, Fabio Luisi, have a good name for opera-conducting, but I did not like how the Sinfonia was played. Too fast, not possible to enjoy the whole of it. Only in parts seemed the tempi to be right. I think it was because it if possible for the strings to play faster than the woodwind and brass, since the string breath independently from their instruments. The Sinfonia was played as if it was a race.


Regie / Scenography: Günter Rennert / Richard Blettschacher / Alfred Siercke was great. A truly enjoyable Barbiere was expected.


And the Conte Almaviva (Juan Diego Florez), Dottor Bartolo (Alfred Sramek). Rosina (Enkelejda Shkosa), Figaro (Carlos Alvarez), Don Basilio (Kurt Rydl) was all great and so was everybody else.


After the opera, the singers came out, and Shkosa came out first, then Rydl, Sramek, Florez and Alvarez, or at least that was how I photographed them. At 23.30 the doors closed. And even though a lot of JCx members was there, and they were going to the bistro again, I said Good-bye to my friends, and went back to my hotel. At midnight I was in my hotel room again.

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September 20, 1989: Barbiere di Siviglia in Oslo

1989-09-20 Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini), Den Norske Opera (Oslo)

Rosina = Itziar Martinez Galdos
Almaviva = Neill Archer
Figaro = Trond Halstein Moe
Bartolo = Enzo Florimo
Basilio = Johann Tilli
Berta = Torill Carlsen
Fiorillo = Ulf Øien

Carlo Felice Cillario, conductor



1989-09-20
General Rehearsal

Tuesday, September 28
DEN NORSKE OPERA
BARBEREN I SEVILLA (Il Barbiere di Siviglia)
by GIOACCHINO ROSSINI

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