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The National Center for the Performing Arts will restage Il Barbiere di Siviglia, the two-act opera by Rossini. The revival production is directed by veteran Italian opera director Pier Francesco Maestrini. Italian conductor Pier Giorgio Morandi will take the baton of NCPA's orchestra. Morandi has built up an impressive repertoire of Italian operas since he began his career at La Scala Milan. He has worked with the Royal Opera in Stockholm, the Vienna State Opera, Zurich Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Arena di Verona among others. Liao Changyong, arguably China's best baritone, will sing Figaro. Mezzo-soprano Geraldine Chauvet plays Rosina.
7:30 pm, July 18-21. West of Tian'anmen Square, Xicheng district, Beijing.
010-6655-0000.
