[Met Performance] CID:131090



Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, March 1, 1941 Matinee Broadcast





Il Barbiere di Siviglia (171)
Gioachino Rossini | Cesare Sterbini
Figaro
John Charles Thomas

Rosina
Josephine Tuminia

Count Almaviva
Bruno Landi

Dr. Bartolo
Salvatore Baccaloni

Don Basilio
Ezio Pinza

Berta
Irra Petina

Fiorello
Wilfred Engelman

Sergeant
John Dudley


Conductor
Gennaro Papi







Review 1:

Review signed "S" in Musical America

Rossini's 'Barber of Seville' Is Repeated

A capacity audience in a gay and boisterous mood heard the second performance this season of Rossini's "Barber of Seville" at the Metropolitan Opera on the afternoon of March 1. Salvatore Baccaloni's Dr. Bartolo is as ingenious a characterization as his Don Pasquale and his singing was as finished as his acting. Ezio Pinza's Don Basilio was magnificent both in vocal splendor and comic pantomime. John Charles Thomas sang the title role in masterly fashion. Josephine Tuminia sang Rosina's altitudinous music with admirable technical fluency and accuracy of pitch. And Bruno Landi's Count Almaviva was satisfactory. Nor should the stiff-jointed Berta of Irra Petina go without mention, especially since she sang her aria beautifully. Mr. Papi conducted with a heavy hand, though with spirit. The Metropolitan is not super-subtle in its humor, but in this case it is undeniably effective, and a merry afternoon was had by everyone.



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