Il barbiere di Siviglia

The Barber of Seville at the State Opera: There's laughter in the audience. The surprise worked. [...] Director Tatjana Gürbaca and General Music Director Omer Meir Wellber briefly placed the first scene of the opera before the famous overture. As a small preview of the fireworks of ideas with which they will bombard the audience over the next nearly three hours. [...] The State Philharmonic Orchestra plays so rapidly and vividly, as if the piece had not been on the repertoire every year since time immemorial. The excellently rehearsed State Opera Chorus also makes everything work. Routine simply does not exist with Wellber.