Word: almaviva
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...patter aria Largo al factotum ("Feeegaro! Feeegaro!") quickly defines him as one of the most likable hustlers in all opera. Rosina's Una voce poco fa is a song of such poise and bravura style as to remove all doubt that she will get her man, Count Almaviva...
...Gill, who has a basso profundo voice well suited to the Italian comic opera, will sing the role of Basilio, the pudgy priest who is chaplain in the court of Count Almaviva. The plot of Barber is based on a play of Beaumarchais, and is related to the plot of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro...
Gill has sung the role of Almaviva in Le Nozze at Leverett House twice in recent years, and met with great success. He also sang the bass part in this spring's production of the Bach Saint Matthew Passion in Sanders Theatre...
...although his bearings and mannerisms are perhaps a bit too ingenuous for the part. Jo Ella Todd holds her own as Susanna, with a clear-voiced elegance and presence. Richard Gill's voice is made for Italian opera, and a good makeup and costuming job made a convincing Count Almaviva out of him, while Elizabeth Phinney, who has the commanding character of the Countess down to a science, was the best of the female leads...
...Auditions, made his Met debut in Cosi Fan Tutte as a last-minute substitute for an ailing tenor, and was promptly acclaimed the find of the season. In the years since, he has sung leading roles in Madame Butterfly, Simon Boccanegra and La Traviata, next season will portray Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville. "Fifteen years ago," says Shirley, "I probably wouldn't have been accepted by the Met. Ten years ago, I couldn't sing my favorite roles. Times are changing...