August 17 The Barber of Seville zarzuela light opera in Águilas

El Barbero de Sevilla by at the Auditorio Infanta Doña Elena in Águilas

For most of The Barber of Seville is the well-known opera written by Rossini with a libretto by Sterbini, but this performance at the seafront auditorium in Águilas is of a “zarzuela” light opera written by Guillermo Perrín and Vico y Miguel de Palacios (libretto) and Gerónimo Giménez and Manuel Nieto (music) and first performed at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid in 1901.

It is presented by the Teatro Lírico Andaluz company and begins at 22.00 with tickets available online here at 18 euros including costs or at 17 euros from the archaeological museum, the Casa de la Cultura Francisco Rabal or, from one hour before the show starts, at the auditorium box office.

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