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  • A man wearing bright orange pants and shoes, plus a striped orange shirt, sitting in a red barbers chair in a bright, teal-coloured room.
  • The cast from the Barber of Seville, on stage in the doll house set, a main feature of the current Opera Australia production.
31 Oct – 5 Nov

The Barber of Seville

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  • Music

Beyond haircuts and beard trims, this canny barber is the city’s matchmaking maestro.

Almaviva is wealthy, stealthy and head over heels. Rosina is witty, pretty and just as smitten. She’s also inconveniently betrothed. They need a plan. Time to call on: Fi-ga-ro! Figaro! Figaro!

Enter the friendly neighbourhood barber with wits and tricks as sharp as his razors. He sets to work to unite the young lovers in an evening of disguises and duplicity.

This rollicking, laugh-out-loud comedy took a young Rossini just 13 days to write. Playful energy sparkles through as many famous tunes as you can pack into two-and-a-half hours.

A cast of great voices and high spirits play among a marvellous set of cartoonish proportions – a world inspired by 1920s silent films, featuring a life-size doll’s house as its centrepiece.

Australian Figaros Samuel Dundas and Simon Meadows lead some of our best comic talents in this side-splitting romp through Seville.

Hours

Date Times
Fri 31 Oct
  • 7.30pm - 10.15pm 7:30pm - 10:15pm
Sat 1 Nov
  • 7.30pm - 10.15pm 7:30pm - 10:15pm
Mon 3 Nov
  • 7.30pm - 10.15pm 7:30pm - 10:15pm
Tue 4 Nov
  • 7.30pm - 10.15pm 7:30pm - 10:15pm
Wed 5 Nov
  • 7.30pm - 10.15pm 7:30pm - 10:15pm

Location

Regent Theatre
191 Collins St
Melbourne 3000

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Price and bookings

Adult / general $79
Book online for The Barber of Seville

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9685 3700
  • email address: ticketing@opera.org.au
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