Maltman to make Met role debut as in Barber of Seville

Christopher Maltman and Lawrence Brownlee in San Diego's Barber of Seville

A revival of Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia will open at the Metropolitan Opera on November 18th featuring barihunk Christopher Maltman in his first Met performances of Figaro. He'll be joined in the all-star cast with Lawrence Brownlee as Count Almaviva, Isabel Leonard as Rosina, Maurizio Muraro as Dr. Bartolo and Paata Burchuladze as Don Basilio.

The November 22 matinee performance will be transmitted worldwide as part of the Met’s Live in HD series, which is now seen in more than 2,000 movie theaters in 69 countries around the world. The Barihunks team will be at the November 26th performance!

Tickets are available online. 

On January 10th, Maltman goes to the Bavarian State Opera to perform the title role in Mozart's Don Giovanni alongside the Leporello of Alex Esposito. On February 7th, he returns to the opposite coast in the U.S. to sing Beaumarchais in Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles at the Los Angeles Opera. The cast includes Broadway icon Patti LuPone, Patricia Racette and fellow barihunk Lucas Meachem. 

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