Live performance from Zürich Opera House, 2001. “Vesselina Kasarova’s Rosina turned this Barber into a major event. Pearling coloratura, endless resources of vocal colour and nuance and phenomenal acting versatility became mere means to an end: that of making Rosina into a human being of flesh and blood, with heart, humour and considerable brains.

Comedy, Music

Vesselina Kasarova, Reinaldo Macias, Manuel Lanza, Carlos Chausson, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Elizabeth Magnuson