Il Barbiere di Siviglia is one of the very greatest of all comic operas. Verdi wrote of it: "For the abundance of true musical ideas, for its comic verve and the accuracy of its declamation, it is the most beautiful opera buffa there is." For generations, since the...
(Study Score). Paperback edition with new art cover.
(MGB). Based on the critical edition. Edited by Alberto Zedda (edition 2009).
The Barber of Seville (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) by Gioacchino Rossini. The authoritative Schirmer edition vocal score in original Italian and English translation by Natalia McFarren.
The well-known aria announcing the barber's entrance -- "Figaro ... Eh, Figaro " -- highlights this comic romp of an opera. Based on Beaumarchais' Le Barbier de Seville, Rossini's 1816 classic began as Almaviva, or the Useless Precaution, in an attempt to avoid...
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