(27 April 2017) An extraordinary success for the performance of the “Barber of Seville” in Beirut on 21 April at the Saint Joseph Church of the Jesuits. More than 900 people attended the Italo-Lebanese production of Rossini’s work with the Lebanon Philharmonic Orchestra and the Choir of the Antonian University. The orchestra was directed by Toufic Maatouk and organised by the Lebanese National Music Conservatory and the Antonian University of Beirut, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Embassy in Lebanon. (Red)