Art & Authenticy

On the magical evening of October 27th, I saw a performance of “The Barber of Seville,” an opera, or rather, a fairy tale, that was too good to be true. The story line was unreal to me, a 21st Century audience, as it was composed in the 18th Century. The setting is Seville, a “beautiful city and something of a mythical Neverland,” which seems very dreamy to me. The way Figaro manages to keep entering the house despite its security makes me chuckle because it is too fictitious. It even reminds me of Disney productions where there is one evil character, Bartolo, who in the end succumbs to the protagonist, Count Almaviva, and a wise man, Figaro, who seems to know everything and anything. The huge female behinds created by the costumes produces a comical effect but is very “Disney;” they reminded me of the fairy grandma in Cinderella.

Seville