IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA

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Set in current-day Hollywood, pop princess Rosina is fresh out of rehab after a messy breakup and public meltdown. She’s moved in with her overbearing producer and manager, Dr. Bartolo, who has more than her career on his mind. With the assistance of aging rock legend, turned celebrity voice coach, Don Basilio, Bartolo hopes to marry the young Rosina. However, Hollywood heartthrob Count Almaviva also has his eye on Rosina but wants to win her heart the old-fashioned way, not because of his fame, so he disguises himself as a humble student to approach her. Figaro, a stylist to the stars, and a man-about-town is on the scene to aid with the love connection. A host of personal assistants, housekeepers, out-of-work actors, and even the LAPD show up in this laugh-a-minute comedy.

This production was sung in Italian with English supertitles and accompanied by a live orchestra.

Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)

August 2023

The Ford

Music by Gioachino Rossini

Libretto by Cesare Sterbini

English Supertitles by Josh Shaw

Creative Team:

Josh Shaw | Director/Designer

Kyle Naig | Music Director

Emma Rocheleau | Production Manager, Stage Manager

Salette Corpuz | Costume Designer

David and Jake Handler | Set Construction

Dylan Gentile | Rehearsal Pianist

Cast:

Meagan Martin | Rosina

Sergio González | Count Almaviva

Johnathan McCullough | Figaro

E. Scott Levin | Dr. Bartolo

Andrew Potter | Don Basilio

Jared Jones | Fiorello

Diana Farrell | Berta

Byron Mayes | Sergeant

Eric Small | Notary

Chorus:

Benjamin Cross, Alec Fore, William Grundler, Erick Mosteller, Jamie Sanderson,

Christopher Walters, Jacob Walters

Orchestra:

Eve Bañuelos | Flute

Phil Popham | Oboe

Virginia Figueiredo & Ken Fisher | Clarinet

Sumner Arano | Bassoon

Preston Shepard & Lacey Waggener | Horn

Cameron Wilkins | Trumpet

Ben Phelps | Percussion

Boryana Popova, Leila Nunez-Fredell, & Lizzy Dickenson | Violin 1

Kim Hain & Hannah Murray | Violin 2

Alison Perrine & Bryan Gonzalez | Viola

Oliver Walton & Mark Bassett | Cello

Stewart Rosen | Bass

Photos by Matthew Ian Welch