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.
Vesselina Kasarova
as Rosina
Reinaldo Macias
as Count Almaviva, alias Lindoro
Manuel Lanza
as Figaro
Carlos Chausson
as Doctor Bartolo
Nicolai Ghiaurov
as Don Basilio
Elizabeth Magnuson
as Berta
Valeriy Murga
as Fiorello / An officer of the law
Kenneth Robertson
as Ambrogio
Nello Santi
as Conductor
