"Fi-i-i-i-garo!
Figaro here,  Figaro there, Figaro stay, Figaro go!  Without me not a girl in all Seville can find a husband! I go serenading, I deliver letters, everyone comes to my barbershop to demand my assistance in affairs of the heart.  I am the indispensable factotum of Seville."
So sings Figaro, the popular Barber of Seville, in Rossini's comic opera first performed in Rome in 1816.  His challenge is to help Count Almaviva win the woman he loves - Rosina, the ward of Dr. Bartolo, who has designs on the beautiful young lady himself.

On May 14, 2011, at 7:00 pm at Great Mills High School in Great Mills, and May 15, 2011, at 4:00 pm at the Crossroads Christian Church (Rt. 2/4, St. Leonard, MD), the irrepressible barber will take on this challenge in a concert version of scenes from Rossini's opera.

The Light Opera Company of Southern Maryland, in a joint production with COSMIC Symphony, will perform an excerpted version of the opera, partially staged, with costumes.  Professional opera soloists from southern Maryland will be featured, including singers from the Light Opera Company's previous opera productions.

For ticket information and reservations, please go to www.cosmicmusic.org
 

Good humor, superior singing, and camaraderie are the primary goals of the young professional soloists who form the core of the Light Opera Company of Southern Maryland, Inc.
Now in its sixth season, the Light Opera Company of Southern Maryland brings comic opera and musical theater of high standard to audiences in southern Maryland.  It is the first and only professional opera company specifically serving audiences in the southern Maryland region.  It also provides an opportunity for local aspiring opera and musical theater soloists and musicians to gain experience in professional productions close to home.