Music by Gioachino Rossini Libretto by Cesare Sterbini after Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais' comedy Le Barbier de Sйville, ou Prйcaution inutile Director: Alain Maratrat Set Designer: Alain Maratrat Costume Designer: Mireille Dessingy Lighting Designer: Pascal Mйrat Musical Preparation: Larisa Gergieva
World premiere: 20 February 1816, Teatro Argentina, Rome Premiere of this production: 29 October 2014, Mariinsky II, St Petersburg