WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute will present a broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera's production of "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" on Saturday, May 31, at 1 p.m. 

 

This screening is the final installment of the 2024–25 season of The Met: Live in HD and will be shown in the auditorium within the Manton Research Center.

 

The broadcast will include the complete performance along with backstage interviews and commentary. Rossini's opera features a cast led by Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina as Rosina and American tenor Jack Swanson as Count Almaviva. Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky will portray Figaro, the barber of Seville, with Hungarian bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio. Giacomo Sagripanti will conduct Bartlett Sher's production.

 

Tickets are priced at $25 ($22 for members, $18 for students, and $5 for children 15 and under). Advance registration is encouraged due to limited seating. Tickets can be purchased at clarkart.edu/events or by calling the box office at 413 458 0524. Tickets are nonrefundable.