Gioachino Rossini
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Text by: Cesare Sterbini
Composed in less than two months, The Barber of Seville is considered Gioachino Rossini’s masterpiece. The opera was first performed in Rome in February 1816 and it was probably because of the little time available that the well-known work by Beaumarchais was chosen, which in those years had already been set to music six times. In this opera, Rossini often includes music already used in other works, for example his famous symphony was first written for L’Aureliano in Palmira and was then used in Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra. The Barber of Seville did not impress the public straightaway, but in a short time it became a symbol of opera buffa (comic opera) and Rossini’s style.
The story narrates the comical ideas of Figaro, the barber and factotum of the town, to enable Rosina and Count Almaviva to marry, despite this going against the wishes of Don Bartolo, Rosina’s guardian.
New TCBO production
CONDUCTOR
DIRECTOR
SUN | 17 | MAR | Turno Prima | H: 20.00
WED | 20 | MAR | Turno A | H: 20.00
SUN | 24 | MAR | Turno D | H: 15.30
TUE | 26 | MAR | Turno B | H: 20.00
THU | 28 | MAR | Turno P | H: 18.00
cast
BASILIO
BARTOLO
BERTA
FIORELLO
Nicolò Ceriani
UN UFFICIALE
Sandro Pucci
AMBROGIO
Massimiliano Mastroeni
COMPOSER
Gioachino Rossini was an Italian composer, who was born in Pesaro in 1792 and died in Paris in 1868.
His works include a variety of musical genres, but he is remembered above all for his operas including The Barber of Seville, The Italian Girl in Algiers and Cinderella.
Considered as one of the greatest opera composers in the history of music, because of his precocious, quick approach to composing, Rossini is also known as the Swan of Pesaro
STAGE DESIGN
MANUELA GASPERONI
COSTUME DESIGN
STEFANIA SCARAGGI
LUCI
DANIELE NALDI
CHOIR CONDUCTOR
ALBERTO MALAZZI