Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Highlights) / Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Lopez-Cobos / Basic Edition 69 / Teldec Audio CD 2001 / 8573-89349-2

UPC 685738934928

The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution (Italian: Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione [il barˈbjɛːre di siˈviʎʎa osˈsiːa liˈnuːtile prekautˈtsjoːne]) 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.

Tracklist:

1.  Sinfonia   6:32

2.  ''Ecco ridente in cielo''   4:26

3.  ''Largo al factotum''   4:40

4.  ''Se il mio nome saper voi bramate''   2:55

5.  ''All'idea di quel metallo''   8:03

6.  ''Una voce poco fa''   5:34

7.  ''La calunnia''   4:30

8.  ''Dunque io son''   4:34

9.  ''A un dottor''   6:08

10. ''Contro un cor''   7:00

11. ''Quando mi sei vicina''   0:54

12. ''Il vechiotto cerca moglie''   2:53

13. Temporale   2:36

14. ''Ah, qual colpo''   4:32

15. ''Cessa do piu resistere''   7:29

16. ''Di si felice innesto''   2:11

• Choir - Choeur du Grand Theatre de Geneve
• Direction - Jean Laforge
• Orchestra - Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
• Conducted By - Jesus Lopez-Cobos