Article Photos: Met gives 'Barber' a cut in English version



In this Dec. 14, 2012 publicity photo, from left, Isabel Leonard as Rosina, Rodion Pogossov as Figaro and Alek Shrader as Count Almaviva are seen in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville," during rehearsal at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Opera, Ken Howard)

In this Dec. 14, 2012 publicity photo, from left, Isabel Leonard as Rosina, Rodion Pogossov as Figaro and Alek Shrader as Count Almaviva are seen in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville," during rehearsal at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Opera, Ken Howard)