Barbieri/ Boyce/ Robinson - Little Barber of Lavapies Fulfilled By FYE and Artistic Director of the

and Artistic Director of the Erzgebirge Music Festival

'The Universal'

it also reflects the possibilities of variation through the ages

• Romeo Castellucci

Barbieri/ Boyce/ Robinson - Little Barber of Lavapies Fulfilled By FYE and Artistic Director of theLike his English contemporary, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Barbieri sometimes styled 'The Spanish Glinka', for his importance to Madrid's operatic development drew on a potent mix of ingredients ranging from Mozart, French opera comique and Italian opera through to the popular music of his time and place. El barberillo boasts a brilliant, tuneful score, and a libretto by Luis Mariano de Larra that is witty, well structured and passionate. Although not