Il barbiere di Siviglia

Il barbiere di Siviglia

The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution, is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy Le Barbier de Séville (1775). The première of Rossini's opera (under the title Almaviva, o sia L'inutile precauzione) took place on 20 February 1816 at the Teatro Argentina, Rome, with designs by Angelo Toselli.

Rossini's Barber has proven to be one of the greatest masterpieces of comedy within music, and has been described as the opera buffa of all "opere buffe". After two hundred years, it remains a popular work.

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Il barbiere di Siviglia
  • Il barbiere di Siviglia (2011)

    In Parma, where audiences are considered the most discerning in all Italy, the benchmark for vocal artists is set traditionally high. Operagoers here are intimately familiar with the works of their favourites, from Rossini to Puccini, and know every tricky corner by heart. God forbid any singer w...

  • Il barbiere di Siviglia (2001)

    Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini, from Opera Zurich, 2001. Directed by Felix Breisach, conductor Nello Santi. Starring Vesselina Kasarova, Manuel Lanza, Reinaldo Macias, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Carlos Chausson, Valeri Murga, Peter Kalmán. Performed in Italian.

  • Il barbiere di Siviglia (2017)

    Il barbiere di Siviglia by G. Rossini, from , performed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, 2017. Directed by Laurent Pelly, conductor Jérémie Rhorer, starring Catherine Trottmann, Robert Gleadow, Florian Sempey, Michele Angelini, Annunziata Vestri, Peter Kálmán, Guillaume Andrieux. Performed in Itali...

  • Il barbiere di Siviglia (2016)

    Il barbiere di Siviglia by G.Rossini, from Glyndebourne Festival Opera, performed at Glyndebourne Festival Theatre, Glyndebourne, 2016. Directed by Annabel Arden, conductor Enrique Mazzola, starring Danielle de Niese,Björn Bürger,Alessandro Corbelli,Janis Kelly,Taylor Stayton,Christophoros Stambo...

  • Il barbiere di Siviglia (2018)

    Il barbiere di Siviglia by G. Rossini from Fondazione Arena di Verona, performed at Arena di Verona, 2018. Directed by Hugo de Ana, conductor Daniel Oren. Starring Leo Nucci (Figaro), Nino Machaidze (Rosina), Dmitry Korchak (Il Conte d’Almaviva), Carlo Lepore (Bartolo), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Basi...