Jean-Pierre Ponnelle directed this film of Rossini's comic masterpiece four years before filming Mozart's Figaro. The result was an irresistibly entertaining and musically rewarding film starring Hermann Prey as Beaumarchais's scheming barber of Seville. The other main roles in Ponnelle's Barber are taken by four of the most celebrated Rossini interpreters of the past decades: Teresa Berganza as the cunning heroine Rosina Luigi Alva as her devoted suitor Count Almaviva Enzo Dara as the long-suffering outfoxed Dr. Bartolo and Paolo Montarsolo as the shifty music master... Don Basilio. [show more]
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Count Almaviva is in love with the wealthy Rosina, who is kept under lock and key by old Dr Bartolo. Bartolo wants to marry Rosina himself, but the Count attempts to woo her under the guise of a poor student. He is aided in his attempts by the local barber, Figaro, who advises him to infiltrate Bartolo's house by pretending to seek lodgings. He almost succeeds in escaping with Rosina, but Bartolo overhears them and sends for a Notary to speed up his wedding plans. The Count and Figaro race against time to woo and wed Rosina. Peformed by Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Hermann Prey, Enzo Prey, Enzo Dara, Paolo Montarsolo, and played by the Coro E Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala.
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