Metropolitan Opera ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’ will air in Whitefish

Gioachino Rossini’s effervescent opera, “Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville),” will be live streamed May 31 at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center. It is the final opera of the 2024-25 The Met: Live in HD season. 

Sung in Italian with subtitles, “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” tells the story of deception, disguise, and two young lovers on a quest to be together. In Act I, Count Almaviva, disguised as student ‘Lindoro’, arrives to serenade a young girl with whom he has become smitten. He runs into his former servant Figaro, the town barber and busybody, who identifies the girl as Rosina, the ward of Dr. Bartolo who has plans to marry her himself. Figaro offers to help Almaviva court Rosina. He suggests that Almaviva disguise himself as a drunken soldier and demand lodging with Bartolo.