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When the curtain rose on Jonathan Miller's Barber at the Coliseum this week, the lantern-lit streets of old Seville and the troupe of Commedia del'Arte musicians looked rather familiar. That is, of course, no surprise because this is a grand-daddy of ENO productions and has been around for, literally, decades and, if not quite looking as fresh as a daisy, it is looking decidedly good for its age. This is partly due to the excellent sets and costumes (by Tanya McCallin) which place it firmly in period and the supremely witty translation by Amanda and Anthony Holden but, then again, mo...

Australian opera singer, Samuel Dale Johnson, is looking forward to bringing The Barber of Seville to Aberdeen and hitting a golf course.

SKIPTON composer Ben Crick is to conduct a world premiere of a Yorkshire dialect version of one of the greatest known comic operas.

Rossini’s joyously inventive music makes Il barbiere di Siviglia a deftly-paced triumph of comic timing. But woe betide anyone taking too many liberties. Adelina Patti, the great 19th century diva, once sang the aria ‘Una voce poco fa’ to Rossini, adding numerous florid embellishments. The composer responded: ‘Very nice, my dear, and who wrote