ROSSINI'S classic comedy has been transported to Jane Austen’s England, a world of rich, eligible bachelors, feisty heroines and snobbish relations familiar from much-loved BBC costume dramas.
Obsequious Doctor Bartleby has designs on his ward Rosina, but she is far more interested in the attentions of a handsome stranger (actually a womanising Count in disguise). The whole affair is stage-managed by Figaro, the barber who knows everyone’s business and can fix your hair and love life with ease.
Directed in her new English translation by Olivier award winning Robin Norton-Hale. OperaUpClose has developed a reputation for intimate, surprising stagings which demand detailed, truthful acting from the singers without compromising on musical standards, with razor-sharp new English translations and inventive orchestrations.
The company was founded in 2009, has produced 21 operas, was the resident company at the King’s Head Theatre in London (2010 – 2015), is an associate company of Soho Theatre and tours across the UK and internationally.
The Brewhouse, Taunton. Box Office 01823 283244 www.tauntontheatre.org.uk
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