The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live performance transmissions, continues at Greenbrier Valley Theatre—a range of bold new stagings and beloved classics. Experience extraordinary opera and special behind-the-scenes features live from the comfort of our local theatre!
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live transmission of Rossini’s effervescent comedy, Il Barbiere di Siviglia on Sunday, Jun. 1, at 1 p.m.. 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 Kalman as Dr. Bartolo and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Bartlett Sher’s madcap production.
Pre-show presentation will begin at 12 p.m. Food and beverages will be made available.
Purchase tickets online at https://gvtheatre.org/opera/
