A scene from Act I of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Peter Mattei as Figaro. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

Conductor: Maurizio Benini; Production: Bartlett Sher (Debut); Set Designer: Michael Yeargan; Costume Designer: Catherine Zuber (Debut); Lighting Designer: Christopher Akerlind (Debut)

Rosina: Diana Damrau; Count Almaviva: Juan Diego Flórez; Figaro: Peter Mattei; Dr. Bartolo: John Del Carlo; Don Basilio: Samuel Ramey; Berta: Wendy White; Sergeant: Joel Sorensen; Fiorello Brian Davis; Ambrogio: Rob Besserer (Debut)

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