Released:
1976-11-03

Overview:
Performed at the Lincoln Center. Conducted by Sarah Caldwell. The staging and costuming explicitly telegraphed the characters. For example, Rosina (Beverly Sills) has a gown with feathers and her room resembles a birdcage complete with a swing, telegraphing her as being confined like a bird.. Figaro (Alan Titus) looks like a barber pole, while the notary (Michael Rubino) has an inkwell on his hat. Dr. Bartolo (Donald Gramm) wears two pillars that are cracked after his plans to marry Rosina are thwarted. Tenor Henry Price as Almaviva sports books in his disguise as a student.

Directors:
Kirk Browning, Sarah Caldwell

Runtime:
2h 36min

Genre:

• Cast:
• 
  Beverly Sills
  as
  Rosina
• 
  Henry Price
  as
  Count Almaviva
• 
  Alan Titus
  as
  Figaro
• 
  Donald Gramm
  as
  Doctor Bartolo
• 
  Samuel Ramey
  as
  Basilio