Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

A typical grand Met occasion, every singer a star with huge elaborate sets. Kathleen Battle is vocally lightweight, but convincing, and the line-up of males ensures an evening of rapturous applause. Michael Tanner


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4

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:34 pm

COMPOSERS: Rossini
LABELS: DG
WORKS: Il barbiere di Siviglia
PERFORMER: Blake, Dara, Battle, Nucci; Metropolitan Opera/Ralf Weikert; dir. John Cox
CATALOGUE NO: DG 073 4022

A typical grand Met occasion, every singer a star with huge elaborate sets. Kathleen Battle is vocally lightweight, but convincing, and the line-up of males ensures an evening of rapturous applause. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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