Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia opera to libretto by Cesare Sterbini. Directed 2005 by Emilio Sagi at the Teatro Real de Madrid (Assistant Stage Director Javier Ulacia). Stars Juan Diego Flóres (Conte d'Almaviva), María Bayo (Rosina), Bruno Praticò (Bartolo), Pietro Spagnoli (Figaro), Ruggero Raimondi (Don Basilio), Marco Moncloa (Fiorello), Susana Cordón (Berta), Enrique Sánchez Ramos (An Official), Antonio Ortega (Ambrogio), and José Antonio Sanguino (Notary). Dancers are Mar Moreira, Susana González, Encarna Piedrabuena, Delia Rodríguez, Cristina Arias, Rodrigo Alonso, David Bernardo, Juan Busto, Fermín Calvo de Mora, Damián Donado, Rafa González, Luis Hacha, Julián Herrero, Joaquín León, Jorge López, David Martín, Pedro Navarro, Antonio Ortega, Joseba Pinela, Carlos Quirós, Luis Romero, José Antonio Sanguino, Aitor Santamaría, Marco Sauco, and Gregorio Such Fuster. Gianluigi Gelmetti conducts the Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real and the Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid (Chorus Master: Jordi Casas). Continuo: Patricia Barton (piano); John Paul Friedhoff (cello); Luis Augusto de Fonseca (double bass). Sets by Llorenç Corbella (assisted by Montse Garre); costumes by Renata Schussheim (assisted by Susana Mendoza); lighting by Eduardo Bravo. Directed for TV by Ángel Luis Ramírez; music produced by James Whitbourn; sound produced by Andy Rose. Hans Petri was Executive Producer; produced for TV by Ángela Álvarez Rilla. Sung in Italian. Released 2008, disc has 5.0 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: A-
This title was lavishly praised by Gerald French in a review published by classical.net. Wonk Gordon Smith and his L'OperaDou jury gave this an A-.