Located in the UK
Located in the USA
Located in Europe
- Gioachino Rossini
Il Barbiere di Siviglia / The Barber of Sevilla
- Breitkopf und Härtel (USA and Canada only)
Available in the USA and Canada only
- 2222/2210/timp/str(bc) /stage music: gtr
- SATB
- Baritone, 4 Basses, Mezzo Soprano, Soprano, 2 Tenors
- Sterbini, C.
Programme Note
Synopsis:
Count Almaviva, concealing his identity by dressing as a poor student, is in love with Rosina and desperately wants her to become his wife. However Rosina’s guardian, Dr Bartolo, has other plans: Rosina is due a large inheritance and so he plans to marry her himself. Aided by Figaro, the Count’s former manservant and now a barber in Seville, the lovers outwit all of Bartolo’s cunning schemes and the opera ends happily as Almaviva and Rosina are married.
Count Almaviva, concealing his identity by dressing as a poor student, is in love with Rosina and desperately wants her to become his wife. However Rosina’s guardian, Dr Bartolo, has other plans: Rosina is due a large inheritance and so he plans to marry her himself. Aided by Figaro, the Count’s former manservant and now a barber in Seville, the lovers outwit all of Bartolo’s cunning schemes and the opera ends happily as Almaviva and Rosina are married.