Boston Summer Opera and the Horizon Ensemble teamed up again to bring The Barber of Seville to Boston and Wellesley!
The Barber of Seville is one of the most popular operas, if not pieces of classical music, ever written, and you probably already know it! This music shows up everywhere, from Looney Tunes to Mrs. Doubtfire to opera houses around the world.
Rossini’s score is not for the faint of heart. It takes fearless singing actors to bring its vocal acrobatics and comic energy to life — just like our cast of Boston Summer Opera alumni.
This production is kindly supported in part by the Community Fund for Wellesley, a Fund of the Community Foundation for MetroWest. Thanks to the fund’s support, we were able to implement the Wellesley Community Chorus, an unauditioned ensemble of local singers of all ages and experience levels.
The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini
Artwork by Larisa Bainton-Hernandez
Principal Cast
Il Conte di Almaviva: Leo Balkovetz
Figaro: Dylan Evans
Rosina: Alesandra Onjiko
Don Bartolo: Austin Martin
Don Basilio: Johan Hartman
Berta: Autumn Kaeul Ahn
Fiorello: Elysium Ellis
Ufficiale: Akela Franklin
Creative Team
Conductor: Julian Gau
Assistant Conductor/Chorusmaster: Naré Kim
Director: Hannah Shanefield
Stage Manager: Abbey Engelmann
Assistant Stage Manager: Hannah Jackson
Artwork: Larisa Bainton-Hernandez
Cover Cast
Figaro: Carlo Bunyi
Il Conte di Almaviva: Judd Blake
Rosina: Gretchen Struckmeyer
Berta: Abbey Engelmann
Fiorello: Nancy Schoen
Choruses
BSO Chorus: Shooka Afshar, Yunus Akbaş, Aretha Angcao, Reed Demangone, Meghan Dorian, Felix Feist, Akela Franklin, Mencken Graham, Oriana Inferrera, Natalia St Jean, Graham Lin, Nancy Schoen, Nora Sporn
Wellesley Community Chorus: Philip Amisano, Lisa Barone, Alica Burch, Marianne Faling, Meagan Horn, Kazumi Kobayashi, Rosie Latto, Mary Lussier, Tianyu Mai, Choice McCarty, Kristen McIntire, Keiko Nakagawa, Sam Pilato, Carol Didget Pomfret, Nancy B Stephens, Debra Strick, Alesia Wall, Aimee Yermish, Josh Young
