THEATRE DIRECTOR
IL BARBIERE DE SIVIGLIA
The Royal Opera House
October 2016
BY GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Il barbiere di Siviglia has all the ingredients for comic chaos: an imprisoned young woman, her lecherous guardian and a young noble suitor. Skilfully plotting behind the scenes is Figaro – an irrepressible and inventive character in whom many have seen a resemblance to the young Rossini himself. The score fizzes with musical brilliance, from Figaro’s famous entrance aria ‘Largo al factotum’ to the frenzy of the Act I finale, when the five principal voices pile on top of each other. Within a few decades of its 1816 premiere, Il barbiere di Siviglia had been toured round the world, reaching opera houses in New York, Buenos Aires, Trinidad and Ecuador. It has remained one of the most prominent and popular operas in the repertory.
Dewi completed the ‘Stage One Director’s Placement’ at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden – working on the staff director team for the 2017 revival of ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’.
CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTORS
MOSHE LEISER & PATRICE CAURIER
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
HENRIK NANASI
REVIAL DIRECTOR
THOMAS GUTHRIE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
PEDRO RIBEIRO
STAFF DIRECTORS OBSERVER PROGRAMME
DEWI JOHNSON
FIGARO
VITO PRIANTE
COUNT ALMAVIVA
JAVIER CAMARENA
ROSINA
DANIELA MACK
FIORELLA
GYULA NAGY
DON BASILIO
FERRUCCIO FURLANETTO
DOCTOR BARTOLO
JOSE FARDILHA
BERTA
MADELEINE PIERARD
STAGE MANAGER
FRAN BEAUMONT