| Of Rossini's three dozen or so operas, Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) is probably the best known, a treatment of the first play of the Figaro trilogy by Beaumarchais on which Mozart had drawn thirty years before in Vienna. -Source l barbiere di Siviglia in two acts is Rossini�s comic masterpiece, based on Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais� comedy Le barbier de S�ville. The plot line meanders through the vicissitudes a pair of lovers, Count Almaviva and Rosina, has to endure successfully with the help of Figaro, a barber. They have to escape from the tentacles of Rosina�s warder, the elderly Doctor Bartolo, an avaricious physician in Seville. Bartolo finds a strong ally in the wily schemer Don Basilio, a music teacher, but to no avail in the happy ending for the two lovers. According to legend, Rossini wrote the six hundred pages of Il barbiere di Siviglia in eleven days. He had to assign the writing of the libretto to Cesare Sterbini, since the noted librettist Jacopo Ferretti had failed to present lyrics suitable for an opera buffa. Rossini changed the title of the opera to Almaviva ossia L�inutile precauzione, because Giovanni Paisiello, the mythical Neapolitan composer, had written a homonymous opera sixteen years earlier and had hordes of fanatic followers. In fact, Rossini�s opera was whistled down and was a clamorous fiasco at the Teatro Argentina world premiere in 1816 Rome. However, it soon gained an enormous success that has never diminished. - Source |
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Rossini's masterpiece Opera buffa preserved in the library of the Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale in Bologna |
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Bugs Bunny Show # 20 (Feb. 21, 1961)
"Tonight, we thought we would go in for a little fast culture," says Bugs, standing in front of the set for "The Barber of Seville", which, starring Bugs Bunny, is to be the opera feature for the show. But Elmer Fudd, hunting Bugs with his rifle, sees the attraction poster billing Bugs as the star and enters the studio with the intention of shooting Bugs. "This is wabbit season, and I'm gonna get me a wabbit. Opewa or no opewa. Wossini or no ("The Rabbit of Seville" with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd ) |
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| Roles Rosina, Bartolo's ward contralto or mezzo-soprano Doctor Bartolo, Rosina's guardian bass Count Almaviva, a local nobleman tenore Figaro, the Barber of Seville baritone Fiorello, the Count's servant bass Basilio, Bartolo's accomplice bass Berta (Marcellina), servant to Doctor Bartolo soprano / mezzo Ambrogio, servant to Doctor Bartolo silent A notary silent |