NZ release date: 28/08/2025

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024–25 Live in HD season comes to a close with Rossini’s effervescent comedy. Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside American tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the ingenious barber of Seville, with Hungarian bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Bartlett Sher’s madcap production.

COMPOSER: Gioachino Rossini

CONDUCTOR: Giacomo Sagripant

PRODUCTION: Bartlett Sher

SET DESIGNER: Michael Yeargan

COSTUME DESIGNER: Catherine Zuber

LIGHTING DESIGNER: Christopher Akerlind

CAST: Aigul Akhmetshina, Jack Swanson, Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Peter Kalman, Alexander Vinogradov