Figaro! Figaro! Figaro!

Experience all of the rampant punchlines, hilarious hijinks and beloved music of Rossini's opera buffa masterpiece The Barber of Seville, set to take over the Civic Theatre during San Diego Opera's newest revival. Featuring some of the composer's most memorable tunes, the rapid-fire tale of bribery, deception, and disguise is an offbeat masterpiece brimming with whimsical flair, madness, and mischief.

What Is The Story?

A prequel to Mozart's rib-tickling Marriage Of Figaro, the story revives the familiar Comedia Dell'Arte characters and fuses them with soaring vocal acrobatics, much musical wit and of course, no-holds-barred comedy, culminating in a grand farce. It chronicles the escapades of Count Almaviva, a Spanish nobleman that falls deeply in love with Rosina, the beautiful ward of Dr. Bartolo, an old doctor who plans on marrying her himself. Enter Figaro, the inimitable barber, who endeavors to help Almaviva win over his new love, resulting in much comic confusion.