Rossini: IL Barbier Di Sivigia (highlights) Performer: Raúl Giménez (Tenor), Håkan Hagegård (Baritone), Alessandro Corbelli (Baritone), Jennifer Larmore (Mezzo Soprano), Barbara Frittoli (Soprano), Samuel Ramey (Bass) Conductor: Jesús Lopez-Cobos Orchestra/Ensemble: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Written: 1816; Italy The Barber of Seville, or The Futile Precaution (Italian: Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione) 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. 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". Even after two hundred years, it's popularity on the modern opera stage attests to that greatness.
2 Il Barbiere Di Siviglia Act 1 No.1 Cavantina : "Ecco Ridente in Cielo"
3 Il Barbiere Di Siviglia Act 1 No.2 Cavatina "Largo Al Factotum"
4 Il Barbiere Di Siviglia Act 1 No.3 Canzone "Se Il Mio Nome Saper Voi Bramate"
5 Il Barbiere Di Siviglia Act 1 No.4 Duetto "All'idea Di Quel Metallo"
6 Il Barbiere Di Siviglia Act 1 No.5 Cavatina "Una Voce Poco Fa"
7 Il Barbiere Di Siviglia Act 1 No.6 Aria "La Calunnia Un Venticello"
8 Il Barbiere Di Siviglia Act 1 No.7 Duetto "Dunque Io Son"
9 Il Barbiere Di Siviglia Act 1 No.8 Aria "A Un Dottor Della Mia Sorte"
10 Il Barbiere Di Siviglia Act 2 No.11 Aria "Contro Un Cor"
11 Il Barbiere Di Siviglia Act 2 No.12 Arietta "Quando Mi Sei Vicina"
12 Il Barbiere Di Siviglia Act 2 No.14 Aria "Il Vecciotto Cerca Moglie"
13 Il Barbiere Di Siviglia Act 2 No.14 Temporale
14 Il Barbiere Di Siviglia Act 2 No.16 Terzetto "Ah, Qual Colpo"
15 Il Barbiere Di Siviglia Act 2 No.18 Aria "Cessa Di Pi Resistere"
16 Il Barbiere Di Siviglia Act 2 No.19 Finaletto II "Di Sce Innesto"
Rossini: IL Barbier Di Sivigia (highlights) Performer: Raúl Giménez (Tenor), Håkan Hagegård (Baritone), Alessandro Corbelli (Baritone), Jennifer Larmore (Mezzo Soprano), Barbara Frittoli (Soprano), Samuel Ramey (Bass) Conductor: Jesús Lopez-Cobos Orchestra/Ensemble: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Written: 1816; Italy The Barber of Seville, or The Futile Precaution (Italian: Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione) 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. 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". Even after two hundred years, it's popularity on the modern opera stage attests to that greatness.
