Barber 2022 Plot Synopsis
ACT 1
Doctor Bartola (Dr. B) is grumpily waiting on her ward, Rosina (Rosie) to return from the prom. Count Almaviva, a visiting European royal, walks by just as Rosie enters with her pals from Seville High. Rosie and the Count immediately get crushes on each other! Rosie goes home and the Count sings a serenade under her window. Figaro enters on his motorcycle and the Count hires him to help with Rosie. The Count asks Figaro to tell Rosie that he’s “Lindoro,” a servant of the Count, so that Rosie will love him for himself, not his money. Figaro suggests that “Lindoro” should be a foreign exchange student assigned to the doctor’s house. That way, he can spend time with Rosie without Dr. B getting suspicious!
Dr. B reads a newspaper article about the Count’s visit to Seville. She’s worried that Rosie might fall in love with the famous bachelor and ruin Dr. B’s plans to have her marry her son. She leaves to spread some nasty rumors about the Count. Figaro teases Rosie about Lindoro, and Rosie surprises him by handing over a lover letter for him to take to the handsome fellow!
Lindoro comes to Dr. B’s house dressed in a wacky outfit and speaking a crazy mixed-up language. Rosie enters and realizes that this kooky guy is Lindoro when he passes a love letter to her. Dr. B sees this and demands the note. Rosie hands her a shopping list and Dr. B is furious, certain she’s being tricked! Figaro enters and tries to calm everyone down, but it takes a Police Officer to settle things.
ACT 2
Dr. B wonders who this strange student really is when another odd guy enters. It’s Lindoro again – but he’s pretending to be Rosie’s substitute music teacher. He says that the real teacher, Basil, is sick. Figaro joins them, ready to give Dr. B her spa treatment. Rosie enters and, after the surprise of seeing her boyfriend in another disguise, gets ready for her voice lesson. Her singing soon turns into a love song, which is interrupted by the real music teacher Basil’s arrival! Figaro, Rosie, and Lindoro pretend that Basil’s too sick to teach and carry the poor fellow offstage. The voice lesson begins again and Figaro keeps Dr/ B’s attention away from Rosie and Lindoro. Dr. B overhears the word “disguise” and realizes who this fake teacher really is! She pulls Rosie away. Lindoro tells Figaro that Rosie loves him and that he wants Figaro to help them elope.
Unfortunately, Rosie overhears part of that conversation…the part where Lindoro tells Figaro that he wants to take Rosie to Europe to become the Countess Almaviva. This upsets Rosie because she doesn’t know Lindoro is Count Almaviva! When Lindoro asks Rosie to run off with him she refuses, thinking he is trying to get her to marry a different person. Figaro and the Count explain everything with help from the Seville High kids. Finally even Dr. B understands the situation and everyone lives happily ever after!
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