Beyond haircuts and beard trims, this canny barber is the city’s matchmaking maestro! 

Almaviva is wealthy, stealthy and head over heels. Smitten Rosina is witty and pretty with razor-sharp smarts. She’s also inconveniently betrothed. They need a plan. Time to call on: Fi-ga-ro! Figaro! Figaro! 

The stage is set for comic chaos. The Barber of Seville pops with lyrical acrobatics and irrepressibly funny characters. Rossini’s most famous ‘opera buffa’ is a musical masterpiece with a storyline that would be equally at home in a Hollywood rom-com.

Opera Australia’s finest voices and a live orchestra deliver a score that is instantly familiar from movies, cartoons and commercials.

Delight in a riotous romp along the road to true love. This is opera at its light-hearted, effervescent best.

A must-see if you love Downton Abbey, Sliding Doors, clever disguises gone wrong and a case of mistaken identities.

Sung in Italian with English surtitles 

Performed with a live chamber orchestra 

Directed by: Priscilla Jackman