The Barber of Seville, an Opera Buffa or comic opera in two acts by Gioacchino Rossini, staged by the Longwood Opera Company, Needham, Massachusetts, Stage Directer: J. Scott Brumit, Music Director: Jeffery Brody.

Made out of porcelain, underglaze applied through silkscreens made from my original sketches, glaze, wood, paper fan.

15"H x 13" D x 26" L

Wooden Stage by Ben Moroze, Photography by Bill Davison

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Overture: The Accompanist

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“Where’s the Master?
Count Almaviva, disguised as a soldier, very funny encounter with Dr. Bartolo

In my heart a gentle voice.
Rosina, in love with Lindoro

I can be so demure
Rosina

So that is it
Figaro and Rosina

Then it's me
Rosina

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I love a happy ending....
Figaro, chorus, Rosina, Count Almaviva, and the entire cast.

The Barber of Seville by Rossini, in 1818
performed in English

An Opera in two Acts
Critical edition by Alberto Zebba
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini
after the play Le Barbier de Séville by Beaumarchais

The Cast

Bruce Ford, tenor - Count Almaviva
Andrew Shore, baritone - Dr. Bartolo
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano - Rosina
Alan Opie, baritone - Figaro
Peter Rose, bass - Don Basillio
Peter Snipp, baritone - Fiorello
Jennifer Rhys-Davies, soprano - Berta
Christopher Ross, bass - an Officer

English National Opera Chorus
English National Opera Orchestra
Gabriele Bellini - Conductor

Recored in Goldsmith’s College, London 9-14 August 1994
Producer-Brian Couzens, Sound engineer - Ralph Couzens,
Assistant engineer - Richard Smoker

Chandos Opera in English
Peter Moores Foundation