The Barber of Seville

Rossini's Barber of Seville is hilarious! This production at the Utah Opera was so much fun. My favorite scene was when Lindoro pretends to be the music teacher to fool Rosina's guardian, so he can woo fair Rosina. The gestures Lindoro used, as he gave Rosina her voice lesson, were recognizable to any voice student, and therefore, hilarious.

Something else I realized is that the role of Figaro is sung by a baritone. His entrance aria, "Largo al factotum della città", is on every best of opera CD there is and is in numerous movies and cartoons. It's a great aria, and who likes great arias? Tenors! So I'm used to hearing it performed by tenors. It's very different to hear the same aria, notes and everything, but sung by a baritone. Here is one of the best tenors ever, Placido Domingo.