The Barber of seville
Composed by Gioachino Rossini with libretto by Cesare Sterbini
Directed by Sam Samuels
Panopera
Conducted by Jonathan Hirsh
Set Design by Alan Schneider
Costume Design by Christina Beam
Lighting Design by David Wiggall
Production Photos by Carolyn Brown
“This piece is classic but at its heart it’s irreverent. It’s about fun – poking it at doctors, at scholars, at lords, at soldiers, at lovers. Our production will be irreverent too, finding the fun in a penniless but determined opera troupe piecing together their production from whatever backstage odds and ends they can scrape together or improvise. Not unlike Figaro himself, that supreme trickster who seems to find gold in any situation.”—Sam Samuels, Director