"The Barber of Seville 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"
"Luigi Zamboni Luigi Zamboni (1767 – 28 February 1837) was an Italian operatic buffo bass-baritone. He was born in Bologna, where he began his singing career in 1791 in a production of Cimarosa's ""Il fanatico burlato"". Engagements followed in Naples, Parma, Venice and Rome, where he sang in operas by Valentino Fioravanti, Paisiello and others. He retired from the stage in 1825. He died in Florence. The part of Figaro in ""The Barber of Seville"" was written for Zamboni by Gioachino Rossini, who was also a family friend. Zamboni created the role in Rome on 20 February 1816. In 1829"
"based on the same play, ""La pazza giornata, ovvero Il matrimonio di Figaro"", was produced in Venice with libretto by Gaetano Rossi and music by Marcos Portugal. ""The Marriage of Figaro"" picks up three years following the end of ""The Barber of Seville"" as Figaro is engaged to be married to Suzanne; both characters are among the Count's staff in his dwelling. In the three years since Figaro helped forge the marriage of the Count and Rosine, the Count has already grown bored with his marriage and is taking notice of Suzanne. The Count looks to re-engage the act of"
"Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (; 29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as some sacred music, songs, chamber music, and piano pieces. He was a precocious composer of operas, and he made his debut at age 18 with ""La cambiale di matrimonio"". His best-known operas include the Italian comedies ""The Barber of Seville"" (""Il barbiere di Siviglia""), ""The Italian Girl in Algiers"" (""L'italiana in Algeri""), and ""Cinderella"" (""La Cenerentola""). He also wrote a string of serious operas in Italian, including works such as ""Tancredi"", ""Otello"", and ""Semiramide"". ""The Thieving"
"of ""Guglielmo Tell"", the third act of ""Otello"", and all of ""il Barbiere di Siviglia"" will certainly endure."" Texts, books Sheet music Performances Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (; 29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as some sacred music, songs, chamber music, and piano pieces. He was a precocious composer of operas, and he made his debut at age 18 with ""La cambiale di matrimonio"". His best-known operas include the Italian comedies ""The Barber of Seville"" (""Il barbiere di Siviglia""), ""The Italian Girl in Algiers"" (""L'italiana in Algeri""), and"
"Zamboni managed an Italian opera company in St Petersburg for two seasons, performing Rossini and other works. Luigi Zamboni Luigi Zamboni (1767 – 28 February 1837) was an Italian operatic buffo bass-baritone. He was born in Bologna, where he began his singing career in 1791 in a production of Cimarosa's ""Il fanatico burlato"". Engagements followed in Naples, Parma, Venice and Rome, where he sang in operas by Valentino Fioravanti, Paisiello and others. He retired from the stage in 1825. He died in Florence. The part of Figaro in ""The Barber of Seville"" was written for Zamboni by Gioachino Rossini, who"
"of the Royal Northern College of Music. Andrew Shore Andrew Shore, (born 30 September 1952) is an English operatic baritone. Shore was born in Oldham, Lancashire. He studied at the University of Bristol, the Royal Northern College of Music and the London Opera Centre. In 1976 he married Fiona Macdonald; they have three daughters. Shore sang with Opera For All from 1977 to 1979. In 1979 he joined Kent Opera, for whom over the next six years he played ""buffo"" roles such as Antonio the gardener in ""The Marriage of Figaro"" and Dr Bartolo in ""The Barber of Seville"". For"
"the Argentina Theatre from 1807 to 1815, was a ""theatre fanatic"" who continued until his death to run up debts. Rossini's ""The Barber of Seville"" was given its premiere on 20 February 1816, just after Duke Francesco's death and, in the 19th century, the premieres of many notable operas took place in the theatre, including Verdi's ""I due Foscari"" on 3 November 1844 and ""La battaglia di Legnano"" on 27 January 1849. From 1919 to 1944, more musical offerings than dramatic ones were presented, although the theatre premiered works by Luigi Pirandello, Henrik Ibsen and Maxim Gorky during this time."
"His major works include ""Les Fausses Confidences"" (1737), ""le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard"" (1730), and ""l'Île des esclaves"" (1725). Jean-François Regnard et Alain-René Lesage (1668–1747) also had great success with comedies of manners, such as Regnard's ""Le Légataire universel"", and Lesage's ""Turcaret"" in 1709. But the greatest author of French comedies in the 18th century was Beaumarchais (1732–1799), who displayed a mastery of dialogue and intrigue combined with social and political satire through the character of Figaro, a valet who challenges the power of his master, who is featured in two major works; ""le Barbier de Séville"" (1775)"
"resigns himself. As a consolation he is given Rosine's dowry money to keep. Giovanni Paisiello's opera based on the play was first performed in 1782, but it is Gioachino Rossini's opera, ""The Barber of Seville"", premiered in 1816, that has better stood the test of time. Other lesser-known adaptions include those by Nicolas Isouard in 1796, Alexander Reinagle and Samuel Arnold in 1794, and Francesco Morlacchi in 1816. Figaro is inspired by the Commedia dell'arte character of Brighella, and like his predecessor he is a clever liar; moral and yet unscrupulous; good humored, helpful and brave, though somewhat embittered and"
"Figaro chain Figaro is a popular gold or silver link chain design that incorporates a pattern of 2 or 3 small circular links with 1 elongated oval link. The most notable figaro chains are manufactured in Italy. They are usually worn by men and are often adorned with pendants such as crosses and medallions. The name of the chain was widely used by Italian chainmakers inspired by the operas ""The Barber of Seville"" (by Gioachino Rossini) and ""The Marriage of Figaro"" (by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart). These operas were based on the plays ""The Barber of Seville"" and ""The Marriage of"
"based on ""The Marriage of Figaro"", with a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte based on the play. Several composers including Paisiello in 1782 wrote operas based on ""The Barber of Seville"". Rossini's 1816 version is his most successful work and still often performed. In 1966, Darius Milhaud composed an opera, ""La mère coupable"", based on ""The Guilty Mother"". Beaumarchais was also the librettist for Antonio Salieri's opera ""Tarare"", which premiered in Paris in 1787. Beaumarchais married three times. His first wife was Madeleine-Catherine Franquet (née Aubertin), whom he married on 22 November 1756; she died under mysterious circumstances only 10"
"Figaro Here, Figaro There Figaro Here, Figaro There (Italian: Figaro qua, Figaro là) is a 1950 Italian historical comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Totò and Isa Barzizza. The title and the plot allude to ""The Barber of Seville"". It was made at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by Alberto Boccianti. The protagonist of the film, set in the eighteenth century, is Figaro, the barber of Seville, which is likely to be arrested because although there is a ban opens his shop on Sundays. Figaro is a friend of a nobleman who"
"active as a performer with the Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera Company and the Philadelphia Opera Company. Among the many roles he performed at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia were Colline in ""La bohème"", Don Alfonso in ""Così fan tutte"", Figaro in ""The Marriage of Figaro"", Fiorello in ""The Barber of Seville"", Frank in ""Die Fledermaus"", Hans Foltz in ""Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"", Hunding in ""Die Walküre"", Méphistophélès in ""Faust"", the Notary in ""Der Rosenkavalier"", Simone in ""Gianni Schicchi"", Spalanzani and Crespel in ""The Tales of Hoffmann"", and Zuniga in ""Carmen"" among others. In 1942 he created the role of"
"Nolan Van Way Nolan Van Way (born January 31, 1931) is an American operatic baritone and tenor whose stage career, in opera and Broadway musicals, spanned half a century. He sang in many languages including French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. After retiring from the stage, Van Way became a vocal coach. While attending Indiana University, Van Way studied opera, theater, and television production. Having trained under bass-baritone Carl Van Buskerk, Nolan Van Way started his career as a baritone. He performed the role of Figaro in the Indiana University production of the opera ""The Barber of Seville"". Van Way"
"the theatre. His name as a writer was established with his first dramatic play, ""Eugénie"", which premiered at the Comédie Française in 1767. This was followed in 1770 by another drama, ""Les Deux amis"". Beaumarchais's Figaro plays are ""Le Barbier de Séville"", ""Le Mariage de Figaro"", and ""La Mère coupable"". Figaro and Count Almaviva, the two characters Beaumarchais most likely conceived in his travels in Spain, were (with Rosine, later the Countess Almaviva) the only ones present in all three plays. They are indicative of the change in social attitudes before, during, and after the French Revolution. Figaro and Almaviva"
"to the music of Francesco Basili in 1820. He died in Rome on 19 January 1831. Cesare Sterbini Cesare Sterbini (born 1784 in Rome – January 19, 1831) was an Italian writer and librettist. Possessing a deep knowledge of classical and contemporary culture, philosophy, linguistics, he was fluent in Greek, Latin, Italian, French and German. He is best known as the librettist for two operas by Gioachino Rossini: ""Torvaldo e Dorliska"" (1815) and ""The Barber of Seville"" (1816). An official in the Pontifical Administration, he also set poetry to music as an amateur. He wrote the libretto to the opera"
"""The Barber of Seville"", by Gioachino Rossini, at the Théâtre-Italien in 1818, two years after its premiere in Rome. Rossini made modifications for the French audience, changing it from two to four acts and changing Rosina's part from a contralto to a soprano. This new version premiered at the Odeon Theater on 6 May 1824, with Rossini present, and remains today the version most used in opera houses around the world. At the beginning of the Restoration, the Paris Opera was located in the Salle Montansier on rue Richelieu, where the square Louvois is today. On 13 February 1820, the"
"Seville"" by Rossini in 1816 (itself preceded by other versions, including a 1782 setting by Giovanni Paisiello). Pountney, who in his capacity as Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the Welsh National Opera commissioned the composition, was inspired in his libretto by two different theatrical follow-ups to these two plays, Beaumarchais's own ""La Mère coupable (The Guilty Mother)"", and Ödön von Horváth's 1936 play, ""Figaro läßt sich scheiden (Figaro Gets a Divorce)."" Both of these plays have previous operatic settings, the former by Darius Milhaud (1966), Inger Wikström (""Den brottsliga modern"", 2006), and Thierry Pécou (2010), the latter by Giselher"
"plan fails. Figaro is sentenced to death by firing squad, but in the end manages to escape helped by count. Eventually, after many vicissitudes, Count riece to marry Rosina and, after marriage, Figaro goes to live with them. Figaro Here, Figaro There Figaro Here, Figaro There (Italian: Figaro qua, Figaro là) is a 1950 Italian historical comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Totò and Isa Barzizza. The title and the plot allude to ""The Barber of Seville"". It was made at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by Alberto Boccianti. The protagonist of"
"""The Marriage of Figaro"". He did not appear in the very first opera production at the Opera House, Prokofiev's ""War and Peace"", but he sang Prince Andrei in later productions of that opera. John Pringle's repertoire included the title roles in ""The Barber of Seville"" (Rossini), ""Don Giovanni"" (Mozart), ""Falstaff"" (Verdi), ""Gianni Schicchi"" (Puccini) and ""Eugene Onegin"" (Tchaikovsky). Other roles included Malatesta and Dulcamara (Donizetti); Lescaut, Marcello, Sharpless, Ping (Puccini); Beckmesser (Wagner); Nick Shadow (Stravinsky); Golaud (Debussy); Politician in The Eighth Wonder (Alan John); Zurga (Bizet); and roles in Death in Venice and The Rape of Lucretia (Britten); Capriccio and"
"Cesare Sterbini Cesare Sterbini (born 1784 in Rome – January 19, 1831) was an Italian writer and librettist. Possessing a deep knowledge of classical and contemporary culture, philosophy, linguistics, he was fluent in Greek, Latin, Italian, French and German. He is best known as the librettist for two operas by Gioachino Rossini: ""Torvaldo e Dorliska"" (1815) and ""The Barber of Seville"" (1816). An official in the Pontifical Administration, he also set poetry to music as an amateur. He wrote the libretto to the opera ""Il Contraccambio"" to the music of Giacomo Cordella in 1819, and the opera ""Isaura and Ricciardo"""
"prima donna soubrette (soprano or mezzo); a light, amorous tenor; a basso cantante or baritone capable of lyrical, mostly ironical expression; and a basso buffo whose vocal skills, largely confined to clear articulation and the ability to ""patter"", must also extend to the baritone for the purposes of comic duets. The type of comedy could vary, and the range was great: from Rossini's ""The Barber of Seville"" in 1816 which was purely comedic, to Mozart's ""The Marriage of Figaro"" in 1786 which added drama and pathos. Another example of Romantic ""opera buffa"" would be Donizetti's ""L'elisir d'amore"" of 1832. While"
"article by Stendhal, she wrote her famous memoir entitled ""Cenni di una donna già cantante sopra il Maestro Rossini..."", which includes an account of the première of ""The Barber of Seville"". Geltrude Righetti Geltrude Righetti (1793–1862) was an Italian contralto closely associated with the operas of Gioachino Rossini. (Her name is also sometimes given as Giorgi-Righetti or Righetti-Giorgi, Giorgi being the name of her husband.) Born in Bologna, she also studied and made her debut there in 1814. The following year she created the important role of Rosina in ""The Barber of Seville"" and in 1817 she was the first"
"On the left bank, the Odéon Theater opened in 1782. The most successful Paris playwright was Pierre Beaumarchais who first put on stage the ""Le Barbier de Séville"" in 1775 in the Tuileries Palace, performed by the Comédie Française. It was followed by ""Le Mariage de Figaro"", which was accepted for production by the management of the Comédie Française in 1781, but at private reading before the French court the play so shocked King Louis XVI that he forbade its public presentation. Beaumarchais revised the text, moving the action from France to Spain, and, after more changes, it was finally"
"Andrew Shore Andrew Shore, (born 30 September 1952) is an English operatic baritone. Shore was born in Oldham, Lancashire. He studied at the University of Bristol, the Royal Northern College of Music and the London Opera Centre. In 1976 he married Fiona Macdonald; they have three daughters. Shore sang with Opera For All from 1977 to 1979. In 1979 he joined Kent Opera, for whom over the next six years he played ""buffo"" roles such as Antonio the gardener in ""The Marriage of Figaro"" and Dr Bartolo in ""The Barber of Seville"". For Opera North he has sung a wide"
"great range and cultivation. His roles include: Escamillo in ""Carmen"", Figaro in ""The Barber of Seville"", Beckmesser in ""Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"", Gryaznoi in ""The Tsar's Bride"", Ivan-Korolevich in ""Kashchey the Immortal"", Kochubey in ""Mazeppa"", Onegin, Demon, and Rigoletto, as well as various others. Mikhail Bocharov (singer) Mikhail Vasilyevich Bocharov (, 187229 April 1936) was a Russian opera singer. Vocally speaking, he is best described as a baritone. He graduated from Kiev University as a lawyer. He then studied singing with Everardi and Petza at the Kiev music college, and graduated in 1898. He continued his education in Italy. Bocharov"
"Tales of Hoffmann"" (1995). She performed in multiple production as the Hamburg State Opera during her career. In 2000 she performed the role of Juno in the first modern revival of Giovanni Legrenzi's ""La divisione del mondo"" at the Schwetzingen Festival. Other roles Sima has performed on stage include Barbarina in ""The Marriage of Figaro"", Berta in ""The Barber of Seville"", Esmeralda in ""The Bartered Bride"", The Fortuneteller in ""Arabella"", Flora in ""La traviata"", Giannetta in ""The Elixir of Love"", Papagena in ""The Magic Flute"", the Shepherd Boy in ""Tannhäuser"", Siébel in ""Faust"", and Xenia in ""Boris Godunov"" among others."
"in the role of Crispin in Jean-François Regnard's ""Le Légataire universel"" (""The Sole Legatee""). He took on roles previously played by and revealed himself to be the best comedian in the company since He appeared with the actress with great success in several plays by Pierre de Marivaux and created the roles of Figaro in Pierre Beaumarchais's ""Le Barbier de Séville"" in 1775 and Brid'oison in ""Le Mariage de Figaro"" in 1784. One of his most notable successes was playing 6 characters in one in Edmé Boursault's ""Le Mercure galant"". He retired in 1786, returning to the stage in 1791"
"in London as Amonasro and as Figaro in ""Barber of Seville"". He also had other guest appearances at the Berlin Court Opera, the Teatro Argentina in Rome, Paris and Milan, at the Odessa Opera, and in Zagreb. He also toured through Brazil and the United States. In 1910, he gave up his stage career. At times he worked as the head of an opera troupe, with whom he held opera performances in Portugal. He worked as a teacher and was active in the management of the Teatro de São Carlos in Lisbon, but he died two years after his farewell"
"""La Gageure imprévue"". He appeared at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, the Royal Opera House London, La Scala, Milan, La Fenice, Venice, Teatro San Carlo in Naples and San Francisco Opera. His repertoire has included Figaro (in both Mozart's ""Le nozze di Figaro"" and Rossini's ""Il barbiere di Siviglia""), Guglielmo (""Cosi fan tutte""), Rimbaud (""Le Comte Ory""), Sulpice (""La fille du régiment""), Fieramosca (""Benvenuto Cellini""), Taddeo (""L'Italiana in Algeri""), Sancho (""Don Quichotte""), and the king in Prokofiev's ""L'Amour des trois oranges"". At Grand Théâtre de Genève his roles have included: the Sacristan, Pandolphe (""Cendrillon""), Le Baron de Gondremarck, Crespel, Peter (""Hänsel et"
"variety of roles like, Basilio in ""The Barber of Seville"", the title role in Giacomo Puccini's ""Gianni Schicchi"", the Prior in Massenet's ""Le jongleur de Notre-Dame"", des Grieux in ""Manon"", Lothario in ""Mignon"", Ramon in Charles Gounod's ""Mireille"", the four villains in ""The Tales of Hoffmann"", Count Almaviva in ""Le nozze di Figaro"", and Scarpia in ""Tosca"" among others. He also sang in the world premiere of Emmanuel Bondeville's ""L’École des maris"" (1933) with the company. In 1936 Gauld returned to the United States. He returned to the Met again in 1938 where he had his biggest success at the"
"and sang extensively in Chicago. He reached the New York Metropolitan Opera relatively late in his career, in 1922, as Figaro in ""The Barber of Seville"", having enlisted in the Italian army during World War I. He would give a total of 46 performances at the Met from 1922 through to 1929. In 1929 he signed a $350,000 (approximately $ today) movie contract. He retired in 1931, staying for several years in exile Switzerland and Paris. He wrote an autobiography, ""La mia parabola"", which was translated into English in 1995 as ""My Parabola"". In 1937 he returned to Italy, where"