Lyric Opera 2019-2020 Issue 2 The Barber of Seville

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 18 The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia) Gioachino Rossini Commedia in two acts in Italian Libretto by Cesare Sterbini after the play of the same name by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais CHARACTERS IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE Fiorello Christopher Kenney • Count Almaviva Lawrence Brownlee Figaro Adam Plachetka Dr. Bartolo Alessandro Corbelli Rosina Marianne Crebassa Don Basilio Krzysztof Baczyk + Berta Mathilda Edge + • A Sergeant Eric Ferring • Ambrogio Jon Beal Conductor Sir Andrew Davis Stefano Sarzani | Oct. 18 Original Director Rob Ashford Revival Director Tara Faircloth Set Designer Scott Pask Costume Designer Catherine Zuber Lighting Designer Howard Harrison Chorus Master Michael Black Wigmaster and Sarah Hatten Makeup Designer Assistant Director David Carl Toulson Stage Manager Rachel C. Henneberry Stage Band Conductor Stefano Sarzani Musical Preparation William C. Billingham Madeline Slettedahl • Roger Kalia * Recitative Accompanist William C. Billingham Projected English Titles Francis Rizzo Todd Rosenberg First performed at the Teatro Argentina, Rome, on February 20, 1816 First performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago on November 6, 1954 + Lyric debut * Solti Fellow • Current member, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center