“The Barber of Seville,” San Francisco Opera’’s charming opener of the summer season, is a Rossini gem about power plays, class machinations and love—with love, naturally, winning the game. Thursday’s opening performance conducted by Benjamin Manis—more about large voices than vocal agility and dramatic ensemble — captured Rossini’s drive and bravura style and delighted the audience. The production, double cast, is a revival of Spanish director Emilio Sagi’s 2013 high-energy staging, a co-production […]
