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Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia - Vittorio Gui, Victoria De Los Angeles, Bruscantini, Alva, Cava, Sarti, Wallace, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / EMI Classics 2x Audio CD, Box Set, Stereo 2002
UPC 724356776227
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 composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy The Barber of Seville (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 of Seville is considered 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.
| Label: | EMI Classics – 724356776227 |
|---|---|
| Series: | Great Recordings Of The Century |
| Format: |
2 x CD, Album, Stereo, Box Set
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| Country: | UK |
| Released: |
2002 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Opera |
Tracklist:
| 1-1 | Act1 Scene 1 | |
| 1-2 | Act 1 Scene 2 (Beginning) | |
| 2-1 | Act 1 Scene 2 (Conclusion) | |
| 2-2 |
Act 2 |
- Chorus – Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
- Conductor – Vittorio Gui
- Orchestra – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Tenor Vocals – Luigi Alva
- Vocals – Carlo Cava, Harold Williams (3), Ian Wallace (3), John Rhys Evans, Laura Sarti, Sesto Bruscantini, Victoria De Los Angeles
